Tuesday, March 3, 2009

U.S. Government Buildings

http://www.mohistory.org/Fair/WF/HTML/Overview/page3.html

-Modeled after Roman Pantheon
-building represented every department of the government
-constructed at cost of $335,000
-building contained Expostitions working post office, and housed artifacts from the Smithsonian institute
-other aspects emphasized the U.S. natural resources with films teaching about forest preservation and establishment of the country's national parks
-Goverment Fisheries Building displayed fresh and salt water fish
-Department of Agriculture displayed most recent developements in preservation of dairy products
-War Department set up models of Civil War battlefields abd gave live demonstrations of the guns used in the nation's costal defense

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