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it will be gay. It will be beautiful to behold - with walks, malls and fountains.
Religion, Government and Culture
Governments, as well as private enterprise and individuals, will present their tang-
ible accomplishments, and, by their presences, make opportunity for a meeting of the
minds behind the democratic institutions that we have determined to keep free. Hemis-
Fair - 1968 will contain great works of art, sculpture, of the past, present, and,
surely, the future. The music and the dance will have its place, as will the great
religions symbolic of Western man's dependence on his Creator.
It will provide a meeting place for the man of the Pampas to show cattle to the men
of Pampa, Texas. It will give the descendents of Simon Bolivar opportunity to talk
of tin with the people of the greatest tin consuming nation in the world. It will
invite the man who lives in the shadow of "Christ Over The Andes" to join his friend
from Mexico's old and great Cathedral in a pilgrimage to five of the oldest missions
of the United States, by driving a beautiful tree shrouded alameda. And, later, they
can walk lazily along a downtown river for a delicious dinner in a delightful and
unique setting.
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We ope--i-will provide a free trade zone - a planned permanent training center to
help all who would better their lot in the lands of the Southern Cross. Hopefully,
it could be the permanent home of the Organization of American States - where the
practical realities of permanent Inter-American interests would seek and find the
realities of dreams of common policy, trade and futures.
The HemisFair would have fine restaurants - hot dogs, pizzas and hamburgers. It would
have fun - Broadway shows - the top entertainers from the free world - a "gay-way"
where eternal youth rides and plays games.
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"Your HemisFair - 1968" [Draft], text, December 29, 1963; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth65820/m1/2/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections.