The program from the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair’s reenactment of the recently concluded Anglo-Boer
The program from the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair’s reenactment of the recently concluded Anglo-Boer War in South Africa. It was advertised as “The Greatest and Most Realistic Military Spectacle known in the History of the World.” The exhibit included a British military camp, several “native” villages, and a two-hour battle reenactment featuring several hundred actual veterans from the war. At the end of the show, General Christiaan de Wet would “escape” from a height of over 30 feet into a pool of water. ‘{WHF} {HTE} {Medium} -- source link
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