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On the Embarcadero promenade in front of the Ferry Building

Price

Free

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Program will be 4:15 - 5:15. Arrive early!

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The Ferry Building Lights Are Going Out!

PPIE100
Dec 04, 04:15PM – 05:15PM

To commemorate the exact Centennial of the Closing Day of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 1915, the ‘1915’ lights on San Francisco’s Ferry Building are being turned off!

Please join us for a fun ceremonial salute to ‘closing day’ on the Embarcadero in front of the Ferry Building. There will be wonderful souvenirs to the first 500 attendees, music, a tribute to Lincoln Beachey, CC Moore and Sunny Jim Rolph, and surprises galore! Vintage attire is encouraged!

Program is 4:15 – 5:15 – get there early!

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