Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition

Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition
Chromolithograph of bird's-eye view of the expo grounds
Overview
BIE-class	Unrecognized exposition
Name	Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition
Building(s)	More than 100 buildings
Area	200 acres
Visitors	1,786,714
Location
Country	United States
City	Nashville
Venue	now Centennial Park
Timeline
Opening	May 1, 1897
Closure	October 31, 1897

The Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition was an exposition held in Nashville from May 1 – October 31, 1897 in what is now Centennial Park. A year late, it celebrated the 100th anniversary of Tennessee's entry into the union in 1796.^[1] President William McKinley officially opened the event from the White House, where he pressed a button that started the machinery building at the fair; he would visit in person a month later.