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The exhibition over those 21 years included a wide variety of events, including parades, livestock shows, art exhibits, and, in 1918, mock battles and an air show involving 148 planes. Every year the exhibition held the Queen's Ball, Waco's largest social event of the year. The record daily
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grounds, and a football field. This second Cotton Palace lasted for 21 consecutive years of autumn exhibitions, with no interruption for
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