. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... It was resolved tocommemorate the close of the first centuryof the republic by an International Exhibi-tion,to be held at Philadelphia in 1876, inwhich all the nations of the world were invited to participate. Preparations were atonce set on foot for the great celebration. The European governments with greatcordiality responded to the invitations ex-tended to them by the government of theUnited States, and on the tenth of May, 820 ADMINISTRATION OF ULYSSES S
. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... It was resolved tocommemorate the close of the first centuryof the republic by an International Exhibi-tion,to be held at Philadelphia in 1876, inwhich all the nations of the world were invited to participate. Preparations were atonce set on foot for the great celebration. The European governments with greatcordiality responded to the invitations ex-tended to them by the government of theUnited States, and on the tenth of May, 820 ADMINISTRATION OF ULYSSES S. GRANT. 1876, the International Centennial Exhibi-tion was opened with the most imposingceremonies, in the presence of an immenseconcourse of citizens from all parts of theUnion, and of the President of the UnitedStates and the Emperor of Brazil. The ex-hibition remained open from May loth toNovember loth, 1876, and was visited byseveral million people from the variousStates of the Union, from Canada, SouthAmerica and Europe. It was one of thegrandest and most notable events of the cen-tury, and illustrated our countrys MEMORIAL HALL, FAIRMOUNT PARK, On the fourth day of July, 1876, the UnitedStates of America completed the one hun-dredth year of their existence as an inde-pendent nation. The day was celebratedwith imposing ceremonies and with the mostpatriotic enthusiasm in all parts of the celebrations began on the night of thethird of July, and were kept up until nearrrudnight on the fourth. Each of the greatcities of the Union vied with the others inthe splendor and completeness of its rejoic-ings ; but the most interesting of all thecelebrations was naturally that which was held at Philadelphia, in which city the De-claration of Independence was adopted. The arrangements for the proper observ-ance of the day were confided to the UnitedStates Centennial Commission, and extensivepreparations were made to conduct them ona scale of splendor worthy of the
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