July 15, 1934 – On a perfect summer day with an Italian-American program as the day’s highlight, 112,000 paid fair-goers attend the Century of Progress World’s Fair on the lakefront. The highlight of the day is the unveiling of a marble column from the ancient Italian city of Ostia, a gift of Italian Premier Benito Mussolini to commemorate the visit of General Italo Balbo’s flight to Chicago a year earlier. Balbo makes a speech via short wave radio to 3,000 persons at the Italian Pavilion. The speech iss preceded by a parade of 150 Italian societies dressed in national costumes.
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