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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheNickelGuy, post: 8220211, member: 20201&quot;]<font size="6"><b>1909 Bronze Hudson - Fulton</b></font></p><p><b>Ter-Centennial Celebration Medal</b></p><p><b>32 mm</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1443468[/ATTACH]</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]1443469[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><br /></p><p>The Hudson-Fulton Celebration from September 25 to October 9, 1909 in New York and New Jersey was an elaborate commemoration of the 300th anniversary of Henry Hudson&#039;s discovery of the Hudson River and the 100th anniversary of Robert Fulton&#039;s first successful commercial application of the paddle steamer.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>I have</i> </p><p><b>A 1910 Hassan Tobacco Card</b></p><p><b>Henry Hudson</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1443472[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><i>and</i></p><p><b>A 1912 T68 Royal Bengals Cigars Tobacco Card</b></p><p><b>Robert Fulton</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1443473[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The maritime achievements of Hudson and Fulton foreshadowed the importance of the river to New York&#039;s progress and identity. Organizers used the event not only to display the success of the two men, but also the status of New York City as a world city and the achievements of its citizens.</p><p><br /></p><p>There were great parades on land and water. One way the memories of Hudson and Fulton were honored was in the replication of the Hudson&#039;s Half Moon and Fulton&#039;s Clermont, the sailboat and steamship each respectively navigated on the river. Both vessels were newly replicated, displayed, and dedicated with great fanfare. </p><p><br /></p><p>The United States&#039; naval supremacy was proudly represented with a number of ships from Theodore Roosevelt &quot;Great White Fleet&quot; as well as other countries battleships. The newly built Steamship Lusitania was also there. Landmarks were illuminated at night with spotlights and half a million incandescent lights.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Celebration also included public flights by Wilbur Wright, who had won world fame with demonstration flights in Europe in late 1908 and spring 1909. Using Governor&#039;s Island as an airfield, on September 29 he flew around the Statue of Liberty. On October 4 he made a 33-minute flight over the Hudson River to Grant&#039;s Tomb and back. Airships, blimps and airplanes flew overhead.</p><p><br /></p><p>The fate of Henry Hudson and the mutiny of his crew, as well as the nay-sayers of Robert Fulton&#039;s building of a steam powered paddle boat, &quot;The Clermont&quot; aka &quot;Fulton&#039;s Folly&quot;, are both stories one should learn about.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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