Philadelphia Centennial Exposition
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(1876), international trade fair, the first exposition of its kind in the United States, held in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
Ten years in the planning, the Centennial Exposition cost more than $11 million and covered more than 450 acres (180 hectares) of Philadelphia's Fairmount Park. President Ulysses S. Grant opened the exposition on May 10, 1876, and over the next six months more than 10 million people viewed the works of 30,000 exhibitors.
Unquestionably the focal point of the exposition was Machinery Hall, where viewers marveled at the working models of steam engines and dynamos and celebrated the advent of the United States as an internationally important industrial power. Although some critics were offended by the ornate and grandiose symptoms of the “Gilded Age” and by the wild confusion of architectural styles found among the more than 200 buildings, the Centennial Exposition gave a decided boost to the American spirit and signaled the coming of age of a modern nation.
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