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Monday, March 23, 2009
San Diego 1935: House of Pacific Relations.....
Situated on the west side of the Callé Prensa, across from the Christian Science Monitor Building, was a group of fifteen small structures known collectively as the House of Pacific Relations. The tile-roofed Mediterranean-style cottages, located on the former site of the 1915-16 exposition's Montana State Building, were arranged around a tree-shaded park and housed representatives of the twenty-one nations that participated in the California-Pacific International Exposition. A curved row of flagstaffs, placed at the main entrance to the House of Pacific Relations group, flew the colorful flags of the participating nations; while a meandering pathway circled the landscaped park and provided access to the various national cottages. The countries of England, Scotland, Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Germany, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Portugal, Italy, China, Japan, Mexico, Panama, Chile, Uruguay, Honduras, Paraguay, Nicaragua, and Argentina shared their unique customs and cultures in a spirit of international peace and amity. During the course of the exposition each participating nation presented a two-day program, broadcast by radio throughout the United States, highlighting the characteristic music, songs, and dances of its people.
November 3rd - 16th, 2008:
San Francisco 1894 - California Midwinter International Exposition.
November 17th, 2008 - January 7th, 2009:
New Orleans 1885 - The World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition.
January 8th - 31st, 2009:
Long Beach 1928 - Pacific Southwest Exposition.
February 1st - March 6th, 2009:
San Diego 1915 - Panama-California Exposition.
March 7th, 2009:
San Diego 1916 - Panama-California International Exposition.
March 8th - April 12th, 2009:
San Diego 1935 - California-Pacific International Exposition.
April 13th, 2009:
San Diego 1936 - California-Pacific International Exposition.
February 1st, 2018: 1884-NEW ORLEANS-1885 The Great World's Fair - book published!
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