U.S. Sanitary Commission Fair
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Title
U.S. Sanitary Commission Fair
Description
From June 7th to June 21st in 1864 the U.S. Sanitary Commission held a fundraising even on Logan Square. It was the only such fair that President Lincoln attended; he gave a speech there.
Creator
John Osborne, Dickinson College
Source
Frank H. Taylor, Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865 (Philadelphia, PA: Published by the City, 1913), 265.
Date
1864
Files
Citation
John Osborne, Dickinson College, “U.S. Sanitary Commission Fair,” Materiality and Spectacle 2015, accessed November 27, 2025, https://ds-omeka.haverford.edu/materiality-and-spectacle-2015/items/show/22.