![]() ![]() ![]() Jugglers, magicians, clowns and other street performers will roam the entire fair site, and stage entertainment will be provided by marching bands, choirs, jazz ensembles, orchestras, dance troupes, drill teams and other groups from throughout the country. pavilion at Expo ’92 in Seville, will show the same feature at AmeriFlora.Įxotic foods will tempt at the “Taste of Nations” food court. In addition, General Motors, which has created a wide-screen film presentation for the U.S. ![]() At AmeriFlora, the focus will be on how the Midwest was affected. And 20 of this country’s most novel gardening ideas-among them a water garden-will be created in a sprawling exhibit called “America’s Backyard.”Ī major presentation will be “Seeds of Change,” a spinoff of the exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History that traces the impact of Columbus’ voyages on both the old and the new worlds. Japan, for example, will create a tea garden, and Russia is planting a typical country garden that might be found adorning a summer dacha. But at least 12 nations are installing traditional gardens that also will be on display until the fair closes Oct. But based on current information, these are among the most significant Columbus festivities scheduled for the months ahead.Īn international floral show in Columbus, Ohio-AmeriFlora ‘92-will run for only two weeks, beginning on opening day, April 20. Nor has all the necessary financing been arranged. Many of the quincentennial events are still months away, and in many cases planning is still tentative and subject to change. An official state-by-state calendar of Columbus-related happenings in the United States is being compiled on computer by the Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Jubilee Commission in Washington. Some of the nation’s commemorative events honor Spain, whose monarchs, Isabella and Ferdinand, financed Columbus’ voyages and won an empire, and others focus on Italy, the country of his birth. In addition to Columbus, Ohio, and Miami, major commemorative programs are planned in San Francisco New York Boston Philadelphia Memphis, Tenn., and Corpus Christi, Tex., which will erect a new, 9-foot-tall statue of Columbus this year. These events will be taking place from now through the end of 1992 and even into 1993. A number of national parks are planning special visitor center exhibits reflecting on Spanish exploration and colonization. events commemorating Columbus’ voyage are as diverse as the nation itself and include major museum exhibits, tall ship rallies, historical symposiums, new Spanish heritage statuary, classical concerts, art shows, athletic events, dance performances and giant parades. 14 (weather permitting) in Miami, where they will be escorted into the harbor by a parade of 10,000 sail and power boats. Already en route, the latter-day vessels are scheduled to dock first on Feb. Elsewhere in the United States, at least 21 cities on the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific coasts are preparing to welcome the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria-the Spanish-built replicas of Columbus’ fleet of tiny caravels, which first spied land in the New World on Oct. ![]()
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