New York at the Jamestown Exposition, Norfolk, Virginia, April 26 to December 1, 1907 . irginia to present each its best claims or make offers tobe awarded the choice. Shortly thereafter, five enthusiastic citizens of Norfolk, headedby Gwynne T. Shepperd, held a meeting and constituted themselvesa committee to create public sentiment, and they enlisted the interestof James M. Thompson, proprietor of the Norfolk Dispatch, September 6, 1901, was the first editorially to advocate Norfolkas the place for the exposition. He urged the people of Virginia totake immediate action. It may seem pe
New York at the Jamestown Exposition, Norfolk, Virginia, April 26 to December 1, 1907 . irginia to present each its best claims or make offers tobe awarded the choice. Shortly thereafter, five enthusiastic citizens of Norfolk, headedby Gwynne T. Shepperd, held a meeting and constituted themselvesa committee to create public sentiment, and they enlisted the interestof James M. Thompson, proprietor of the Norfolk Dispatch, September 6, 1901, was the first editorially to advocate Norfolkas the place for the exposition. He urged the people of Virginia totake immediate action. It may seem peculiar that at the time thecelebration was being urged, the Pan-American Exposition was atits height, and vet the country was expected to have the opportunityto forget about the one before embarking upon another enterpriseof similar nature; but so far previous to the opening of an inter-national fair must preliminary steps be taken. Three days laterthe special committee met, and on September 14th issued a circularletter addressed to two leading citizens in every branch of profession. ?00 eV 5J3 0i 5 o s o £ zn to 0 o S H ^ £* >_ D °U uU | o c Jamestown Exposition 121 and trade, signed by John G. Tilton, chairman for the commoncouncil, and J. O. Reid, chairman for select committee. Granted a Charter In December, 1901, a hundred prominent citizens from theneighborhood of Hampton Roads went to Richmond and appearedbefore the General Assembly. Senator W. W. Sale of Norfolk, wasprepared with a bill making provision for the Exposition, and itwas the first measure presented at the session. The capital city,which had been lethargic in the matter, was aroused to the extent ofattempting to delay the proposition, and what gained the advantagefor Norfolk in the minds of the legislators was the fact that the tide-water metropolis offered the advantage of an imposing maritimespectacle. After considerable discussion, the General Assembly passedthe bill, and Gov. Andrew Jackson Montague
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