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America's 'flop' of a sesquicentennial

NPR | By Rachel Treisman

Published July 3, 2026 at 3:15 PM CDT

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Philadelphia hosted a hugely successful World's Fair to mark the U.S. centennial in 1876. The city hosted another one 50 years later for the sesquicentennial, but things didn't go smoothly.

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Rachel Treisman

Rachel Treisman (she/her) is a writer and editor for the Morning Edition live blog, which she helped launch in early 2021.