States show their stuff: The Great American State Fair opens in D.C.

By: Ashley Murray

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: June 26, 2026

Words: 784

Last Updated: 3 days ago

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WASHINGTON — Visitors from across the United States traveled to the National Mall Thursday for the opening day of the Great American State Fair, a days-long event that is part of President Donald Trump’s Freedom 250 celebration of the nation’s semiquincentennial.

States and territories showed off cultural and agricultural exports at exhibits stretching nearly a mile. Attendees snapped photos on the small Grand Ole Opry stage in the Tennessee booth, kids tried putt-putt at Indiana’s miniature …

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