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 standard forms, and figures used are from these reports as well as from those of the caravan.

Apparently all-in-all, the local programs were entirely self-supporting financially. Varying methods of securing income were devised, and in some cases small losses were incurred, while in others there was a material profit.

Seemingly the larger and more comprehensive the local program, the larger the paid attendance.

Probably Marietta conducted the most elaborate ceremonies—with two periods of ten days each, two pageants, with a cast of about 1,000 persons in each.

The city committee in this case spent something over $35,000, but all of it except $5,000 came back in direct receipts.

Three thousand dollars of this was money raised by subscription to promote the celebration initially.

The Federal Commission granted no funds to any individual community. Nor did the State Commissions except perhaps in special cases.

Each community, except for the caravan being furnished by the Federal Commission (up to April 11, 1938) or the State Commission (April 11 to October 18, 1938) met it own expenditures, and as has been said, their programs averaged to be self-supporting.

Many booklets and other souvenirs were prepared and sold with varying success. It is difficult and in fact impossible to control memento procedure, and they should not be depended upon by local committees as any material source of income.

The committees which took part in this educational program will long remember it because of the personal and local effort injected. Had the celebration been centered in any one locality—this interest and incentive would have been lost, and in all likelihood, regardless of how a $100,000 celebration had been set up, the attendance would have not been 5% of the figure actually attained.

There were three hundred and twelve days spent in these 202 communities by the caravan. The States paid for one hundred and eighty-four days and the Federal Commission for one hundred and twenty-eight. The States paid $17,094 of the expense of the caravan while the Federal Commission paid $33,357.99. Local expense ran from a few dollars to $20,000.00.

The States visited and number of calendar days spent in each were as follows:

Massachusetts 9 calendar days Connecticut 3 New York 6 New Jersey Pennsylvania (70 days at West Newton building boats.) Ohio 67 Indiana 27 Illinois 49 Wisconsin 30 Minnesota 20

Total 313