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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
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Folder Title: 1992 Chicago-Seville International
Exposition
Box: 76 (1984)
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OF
MASSACHUSETTS THE UNITED THE STATES. 20
SEAL
1992 Chicago-Seville International
Exposition
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
In 1992, the United States and Spain will host an unprecedented joint world's
fair, the Chicago-Seville International Exposition. The exposition will cele-
brate the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' voyage of discovery
from Spain to the Americas and will be the first world's fair to be conducted
simultaneously in two countries.
The theme of the world's fair is the "Age of Discovery." The exposition will
showcase the immense social, economic, scientific and cultural achievements
which have changed the world since 1492 and will preview the discoveries
anticipated in the century to come. The event also will serve to symbolize the
indomitable nature of the human spirit which fired Columbus to pursue his
dream of a New World and which continues to inspire us as Americans in
pursuit of our dream of democracy and freedom.
Chicago is an excellent site for this historic exposition. A global crossroads,
Chicago already has hosted two successful world's fairs-the World's Colum-
bian Exposition of 1893, which became the standard of comparison for subse-
quent fairs, and a Century of Progress Exposition of 1933-34, which helped lift
the spirits of a battered people during the most severe depression in our
history. The choice of Seville as a site is especially appropriate, for without
the foresight and adventurous spirit of the King and Queen of Spain, Columbus
would never have had an opportunity to undertake his catalytic voyage which
changed the course of history.
The unique relationship between this great American city and Seville under-
lines the continuity of history in a new age of communications and transporta-
tion. By bridging the seas in 1992, Chicago and Seville once again will link the
New World with the Old in the dawning of a truly new "Age of Discovery."
The 1992 Chicago-Seville International Exposition thus promises to become a
symbol of international peace and progress, illuminating our past and our
future. With its many splendid opportunities for the stimulation of trade and
for cultural and technological exchange, the exposition has the enthusiastic
support of the United States Government. This Administration will extend the
fullest possible recognition to the event in accordance with the Paris Conven-
tion of November 22, 1928, as modified, and United States law.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of
America, in recognition of the 1992 Chicago-Seville International Exposition,
do hereby invite the several States of the Union and its Territories to
participate in the exposition, and authorize and direct the Secretary of State to
invite, on my behalf, such foreign countries as he may consider appropriate to
participate in this event.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-seventh
day of June, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-four, and of
the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and eighth.
Ronald Reagan