Sesquicentennial Exposition

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Sesquicentennial_Exposition

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:World's_Fair gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:attendance	approximately 6 million
gptkbp:commemorates	150th anniversary of American independence
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:endDate	1926-11-30
gptkbp:exhibits	cultural industrial scientific artistic
gptkbp:financialOutcome	financial failure
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Century_of_Progress
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Sesquicentennial Exposition
gptkbp:legacy	gptkb:Sesquicentennial_Stadium infrastructure improvements in Philadelphia inspiration for later expositions
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Philadelphia
gptkbp:logo	gptkb:Liberty_Bell
gptkbp:mainVenue	gptkb:South_Philadelphia
gptkbp:notableBuilding	gptkb:Tower_of_Light Liberty Bell replica
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:International_Aviation_Exposition art exhibitions historical reenactments musical performances military parades fireworks displays international participation first public demonstration of television by Philo Farnsworth first Miss America pageant held outside Atlantic City dedication of the Sesquicentennial Stadium (later JFK Stadium)
gptkbp:notableExhibit	gptkb:Avenue_of_the_States gptkb:Hall_of_Progress gptkb:International_Pavilion gptkb:Liberty_Bell_Pavilion
gptkbp:notableGuest	gptkb:King_Prajadhipok_of_Siam gptkb:Queen_Rambai_Barni_of_Siam gptkb:Charles_Lindbergh gptkb:Herbert_Hoover President Calvin Coolidge
gptkbp:officialName	gptkb:Sesqui-Centennial_International_Exposition
gptkbp:opened	President Calvin Coolidge
gptkbp:organizer	gptkb:City_of_Philadelphia
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Panama–Pacific_International_Exposition
gptkbp:purpose	celebrate 150th anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence
gptkbp:startDate	1926-05-31
gptkbp:theme	gptkb:Progress Patriotism
gptkbp:weather	heavy rain affected attendance
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Panama–Pacific_International_Exposition
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6