Jamestown Exposition

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The Jamestown Exposition was a 1907 world's fair held in Norfolk, Virginia, commemorating the 300th anniversary of the founding of the Jamestown Colony and showcasing American naval power and industrial progress.

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instanceOf international exposition
world's fair
alsoKnownAs Jamestown Exposition
surface form: Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposition

Jamestown Exposition
surface form: Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition
chairman Fitzhugh Lee
closed 1907-11-30
commemorated 300th anniversary of Jamestown Colony
founding of Jamestown, Virginia in 1607
country United States of America
surface form: United States
facedIssue financial difficulties
infrastructure problems
lower-than-expected attendance
followedBy Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition
hadBuilding Administration Building
Auditorium
Government Building
State pavilions along the Avenue of States
War Path amusement area
hadExhibitType amusement attractions
foreign exhibits
historical exhibits
industrial exhibits
military exhibits
naval exhibits
state pavilions
hadTransportation railroad access
steamship access via Hampton Roads
streetcar connections to Norfolk
hadVisitorType domestic visitors
international visitors
honoredEntity Virginia Company of London
honoredPerson Captain John Smith
Pocahontas
locatedIn Norfolk, Virginia
Sewell's Point, Norfolk, Virginia
opened 1907-04-26
organisedBy Jamestown Exposition self-linksurface differs
surface form: Jamestown Exposition Company
precededBy Louisiana Purchase Exposition
purpose celebrate early English settlement in North America
promote Norfolk and Hampton Roads as a naval base site
resultedIn development of Naval Station Norfolk
significantEvent display of United States Navy battleships
review of the Great White Fleet
theme American history
industrial progress
naval power
timePeriod Progressive Era
tookPlaceOn Hampton Roads
surface form: Hampton Roads waterfront

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Louisiana Purchase Exposition followedBy Jamestown Exposition
Jamestown hasCommemoration Jamestown Exposition
this entity surface form: Jamestown 350th Anniversary (1957)
Jamestown Exposition alsoKnownAs Jamestown Exposition
this entity surface form: Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposition
Jamestown Exposition alsoKnownAs Jamestown Exposition
this entity surface form: Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition
Jamestown Exposition organisedBy Jamestown Exposition self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Jamestown Exposition Company
Sewell's Point, Norfolk, Virginia knownFor Jamestown Exposition
this entity surface form: Jamestown Exposition of 1907
Sewell's Point, Norfolk, Virginia hasEvent Jamestown Exposition
this entity surface form: Jamestown Exposition of 1907
War Path amusement area partOf Jamestown Exposition
Government Building partOf Jamestown Exposition
subject surface form: Government Building (Jamestown Exposition)
Government Building locatedIn Jamestown Exposition
subject surface form: Government Building (Jamestown Exposition)
this entity surface form: Jamestown Exposition grounds