For the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris, France produced an engineering marvel, the Eiffel Tower. Not to be outdone, America shot back with Chicago's 1893 Columbian Exposition and the debut of the Ferris wheel. Attendance at the world's fair topped one-third of the U.S. population.
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The only problem with the article is that its central premise is wrong.
US law does NOT bar US participation in Expos, domestic or international. The 1991 law that constrains State Dept. funding of Expos explicitly permits other federal agencies to fund US participation in Expos. The half-truth regarding funding was first perpetrated by the Bush Administration, which didn't want money appropriated for Expos, and then by the press which never took the time to read the actual law.
We hope that the Obama Administration will change things. In the case of the Shanghai Expo, it doesn't have much time -- a month or so. Domestically too, it has to act promptly as BIE decisions for Expos are made years in advance.
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