CENTENARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
GENERAL HAWLEY

? : USA, 1876 , Wood, 62 mm
Obv: Bust of General Joseph R. Hawley    *GEN'L JOSEPH R. HAWLEY * PRESIDENT U.S. INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION
Below bust:  PAT. JUNE 1, 1875
Rev: Legend    *THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE* GREAT INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION FAIRMOUNT PARK PHILADELPHIA 4TH OF JULY 1876
Ref: Holland 11;  Spangenberger

This is one of a set of six wooden medals issued on the site of the International Centennial Exhibition at Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.  The set consisted of various buildings and other scenes and portraits, including one of George Washington. The medals were manufactured by the Ornamental Wood Company, Philadelphia, where they could be purchased as a souvenir of the visit.  The set of medals was originally in a fitted card case, with the interior lid printed with a birds eye view of the exhibition buildings. 

LINK to Philadelphia's Fairmount Park

LINK to text of DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE (from Indiana University School of Law)

LINK to the American Revolution (from The History Place)

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