What is World's Columbian Exposition?
[[File:Chicago World's Columbian Exposition 1893.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The World's Columbian Exposition]] The '''World's Columbian Exposition''' (the official shortened name for the World's Fair: Columbian Exposition, also known as The Chicago World's Fair) was a [[World's Fair]] held in [[Chicago]] in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of [[Christopher Columbus]]' arrival in the New World in 1492. Chicago won the honor of hosting the fair and defeated [[New York City]]; [[Washington, D.C.]]; and [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]] of hosting the fair. The fair was an influential social and cultural event. At the fair many inventors such as [[Thomas Edison]], [[Milton S. Hershey]], [[Nikola Tesla]], [[George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr.|George Ferris]], and [[Marshall Field]] were there. Many other famous people were there too such as President [[Grover Cleveland]], [[Mark Twain]], [[Buffalo Bill]], [[Sitting Bull]], [[Scott Joplin]], Mayor [[Carter Harrison, Sr.]], and [[Daniel Burnham]]. The exposition was where many famous inventions were first presented and many modern items such as the [[Ferris wheel]], [[Quaker Oats]], [[Hershey's]], the [[Frontier thesis]] was presented, and the [[United States Mint]], in the United States of America, offered its first commemorative coins. [[Category:1893 in the United States]] [[Category:1890s in Illinois]] <!--[[Category:19th century in Illinois]]--> [[Category:19th century in Chicago]] {{history-stub}}