{"id":20,"date":"2016-09-06T14:04:17","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T19:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1904worldsfairsociety.org\/wfs\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2023-04-04T21:53:07","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T02:53:07","slug":"calendar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/1904worldsfairsociety.org\/wfs\/calendar\/","title":{"rendered":"Calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The 1904 World&#8217;s Fair Society has monthly membership meetings with programs on various topics relating to the Fair.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">It has always been a tradition of the organization to have a meeting near the end of April to celebrate &#8220;opening day&#8221;, (the day the fair opened, April 30th,1904), and to have a &#8220;closing day&#8221; banquet in December (the day the fair closed, December 1st, 1904) .<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Most meetings have a drawing for an attendance prize for members attending the meeting. You may register every time you attend a meeting at the reception table near the door.\u00a0 Attending more meetings will give you more opportunities to win.\u00a0 Attendance prizes will vary. Often they will match the subject of the meeting.\u00a0 You must be present to win.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The meetings are always well attended with people very knowledgeable about the fair. Please feel free to attend and ask questions. Visitors are always welcome.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><div class=\"simcal-calendar simcal-default-calendar simcal-default-calendar-list simcal-default-calendar-light\" data-calendar-id=\"100\" data-timezone=\"America\/Chicago\" data-offset=\"-18000\" data-week-start=\"1\" data-calendar-start=\"1782018000\" data-calendar-end=\"1783990800\" data-events-first=\"1780416000\" data-events-last=\"1783990800\"><div class=\"simcal-calendar-list \"><nav class=\"simcal-calendar-head\">\n\t<div class=\"simcal-nav\">\n\t\t<button class=\"simcal-nav-button simcal-prev\" title=\"Previous\">\n\t\t\t<i class=\"simcal-icon-left\"><\/i>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"simcal-nav simcal-current \" data-calendar-current=\"1782018000\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"simcal-current-label\"> <\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"simcal-nav\">\t\t<button class=\"simcal-nav-button simcal-next\" title=\"Next\">\t\t\t<i class=\"simcal-icon-right\"><\/i>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<dl class=\"simcal-events-list-container\" data-prev=\"1774069200\" data-next=\"1789966800\" data-heading-small=\"Jul 13, 2026\" data-heading-large=\"July 13, 2026\">\t<dt class=\"simcal-day-label\" style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;\" ><span style=\"background-color: #000000; color: #ffffff;\"><span class=\"simcal-date-format\" data-date-format=\"F j, Y\">July 13, 2026<\/span> <\/span><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"simcal-weekday-1 simcal-past simcal-day simcal-day-has-events simcal-day-has-1-events simcal-events-calendar-100\" data-events-count=\"1\">\n\t<ul class=\"simcal-events\">\n\t<li class=\"simcal-event simcal-event-has-location simcal-events-calendar-100\" style=\"\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Event\" data-start=\"1783985400\">\n\t\t<div class=\"simcal-event-details\"><p><strong><span class=\"simcal-event-title\" itemprop=\"name\">World of Sewing at the Worlds Fair<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"simcal-event-start simcal-event-start-date\" data-event-start=\"1783985400\" data-event-format=\"F j, Y\" itemprop=\"startDate\" content=\"2026-07-13T18:30:00-05:00\">July 13, 2026<\/span>&nbsp;@&nbsp;<span class=\"simcal-event-start simcal-event-start-time\" data-event-start=\"1783985400\" data-event-format=\"g:i a\" itemprop=\"startDate\" content=\"2026-07-13T18:30:00-05:00\">6:30 pm<\/span> - <span class=\"simcal-event-end simcal-event-end-time\" data-event-end=\"1783990800\" data-event-format=\"g:i a\" itemprop=\"endDate\" content=\"2026-07-13T20:00:00-05:00\">8:00 pm<\/span><br \/>\n <span class=\"simcal-event-address simcal-event-start-location\" itemprop=\"location\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Place\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"University City Public Library, 6701 Delmar Blvd, University City, MO 63130\" \/><meta itemprop=\"address\" content=\"University City Public Library, 6701 Delmar Blvd, University City, MO 63130\" \/>University City Public Library, 6701 Delmar Blvd, University City, MO 63130<\/span><\/p>\n<div><div class=\"simcal-event-description\" itemprop=\"description\"><p>- Susan Dempster has been an active collector of Victorian sewing items for many years. \u00a0As a St. Louisan, she became interested in such items that were made for the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, and has amassed quite a collection of World's Fair memorabilia.<br \/>\n- In 2017, she wrote a 3-part article for the magazine of the Thimble Collectors International (TCI), highlighting her collection and other sewing items from the Fair, and gave us a short presentation about these items. \u00a0This will be a more complete look at her collection.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/calendar\/event?eid=MnJiZjhlZGdodGVyNGxnMzV0YmthcGJsazQgd29ybGRzZmFpcnNvY2lldHkuMTkwNEBt&#038;ctz=America\/Chicago\" target=\"_blank\" >See more details<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl><div class=\"simcal-ajax-loader simcal-spinner-top\" style=\"display: none;\"><i class=\"simcal-icon-spinner simcal-icon-spin\"><\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 1904 World&#8217;s Fair Society has monthly membership meetings with programs on various topics relating to the Fair. 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