Welcome to 2018
Happy New Year to our readers. 2018 marks the 125th anniversary of the 1893 World’s Fair, and we look forward to celebrating the year with posts about the history of the World’s Columbian Exposition, images of the fairgrounds, reports on news and events related to the WCE (we expect there will be much happening in 2018!), notices of interesting WCE auctions and collectibles, and other Columbian commemorations.
Would we ever be able to see it all? This was the question we asked ourselves each night when we returned home for a few hours of rest after the strenuous hours of sightseeing during the day. No soldier ever went forth to war more valiantly than the loyal residents of Chicago went daily to Jackson Park, realizing that the summer would be brief, that the six months of the exposition would pass quickly, almost before they were aware. There was a “do or die” look in the eyes of everyone, and during all the period of the exposition the crowds, sometimes so huge as to be terrifying, were friendly, good-natured and happy. — Edith Ogden Harrison
