Wed, Jun 22
|San Antonio
Expo Community Conversation Event
Join usfor a conversation on the history of Expos(also known as World’s Fairs) held onU.S.soil and the sociocultural impact of Expos on theU.S.cities that hosted them, including San Antonio forthe ’68 World’s Fair.
Time & Location
Jun 22, 2022, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
San Antonio, 600 Hemisfair Plaza Way, San Antonio, TX 78205, USA
About the event
Join usfor a conversation on the history of Expos(also known as World’s Fairs) held onU.S.soil and the sociocultural impact of Expos on theU.S.cities
that hosted them, including San Antonio forthe ’68 World’s Fair.
Oral historianDr. Anna Kaplan and State Departmentrepresentativeswillshare theirfindingsfrom interviewswith local organizers and participants.
Anne Krause, ExecutiveDirector ofthe Hemisfair Conservancy,will moderate a discussion on the future of Expos and theUnited States’role in bringing Expos back in a more inclusiveway by highlighting ourcountry’s diversity as a strength of our democracy.