On This Day in West Virginia History, March 14th

March 14, 2023

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West Virginia State Building, World's Columbian Exposition of 1893

On March 14, 1891, the Legislature passed an act establishing a commission to organize the West Virginia exhibit at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893.

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