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Jamestown Exposition
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Jamestown Exposition
The
Jamestown Exposition
was one of the many
world's fairs
and
expositions
that were popular in the
United States
in the early part of the 20th century. Commemorating the 300th anniversary of the founding of
Jamestown
in the
Virginia Colony
, it was held from April 26 to December 1, 1907, at
Sewell's Point
on
Hampton Roads
, in
Norfolk, Virginia
. It celebrated the first permanent English settlement in the present United States. In 1975 the 20 remaining exposition buildings were included on the
National Register of Historic Places
as a national
historic district
.
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