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By September 1901, the Norfolk City Council had given support to the project.

And in December, 100 prominent residents of Hampton Roads journeyed to Richmond to urge Norfolk as the site.

In 1902, the Jamestown Exposition Co. was incorporated.

Former Virginia Governor Fitzhugh Lee, a nephew of General Robert E. Lee and the most popular man in Virginia, was named its president.