World's Columbian Exposition fairgrounds (Jackson Park)

CTL-E-2347 · Locality · other · 1893

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The Jackson Park, Chicago grounds of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, where Haiti's national pavilion was built and dedicated on January 2, 1893.

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Also known as: Jackson Park fairgrounds 1893

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Haitian Pavilion dedication (World's Columbian Exposition) — held at → this record

Sources

Port of Harlem, 'Frederick Douglass' Lecture on Haiti' (Apr 2024)
Global Diaspora News (Ben Jealous), 'The First Columbus Day Was Declared in the Shadow of a Lynching' (2026)

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