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Centennial Exhibition Opens in Philadelphia Plaza
Crowds fill Philadelphia as President Grant and officials inaugurate the Centennial Exhibition in Machinery Hall. Hawley presents the exhibit to the President amid speeches, music, and a national prayer by Bishop Simpson.
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Ll O’elock
Covernor Hartranft
Wagner
Bishop Simpson
M. E. Church
Whittier
Board of Finance
Sidney Lannier
Mr. Whitney
Boston
United States
Hawley
United States Commission
Grant
Tiger
Simpson
Theo
The
Republic
Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
Commonwealths
Army
Navy
Centennial Commission
America
Joseph I. Hawley
Philadelphia
United States Centennial Commission
Centennial Board of Finance
Continental Congress