The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 . ^*fe. i. THK OPENING EXERCISES—PRESIDENT TOUCHING THE EI^ECTRIC BUTTON. march, the monarchs of the water sailed northward until the harbor 4 so PRELIMINARY HISTORY. of New York bay was reached. Here, for days, they manoeuvred,paraded and saluted, until at last, when the review was ended, andevery ceremony had been completed, they once more dispersed fortheir home stations, and the greatest naval review on Americanwaters had passed into history. The next epoch in Expo-sition history was the datethat marked its opening,May I, 1893. The
The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 . ^*fe. i. THK OPENING EXERCISES—PRESIDENT TOUCHING THE EI^ECTRIC BUTTON. march, the monarchs of the water sailed northward until the harbor 4 so PRELIMINARY HISTORY. of New York bay was reached. Here, for days, they manoeuvred,paraded and saluted, until at last, when the review was ended, andevery ceremony had been completed, they once more dispersed fortheir home stations, and the greatest naval review on Americanwaters had passed into history. The next epoch in Expo-sition history was the datethat marked its opening,May I, 1893. The Presi-dent of the United Statesand the Duke of Veragua,the lineal descendant ofColumbus, were the guestsof honor on this parade formed and escortedthese and other distinguishedpersonages to the Fairgrounds, and thence to agrand stand that had beenerected for the purpose tothe east of the Administra-tion Buildinor facinor theGrand Plaza and the was throngfed with hiohofficials of this and othernations, and the array ofnotabilitie
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