Boy with replica of Speaker's Mace, Jamestown, USA

Aug. 00, 1957 - Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip will visit the Jamestown Festival, Virginia, on October 19. A highlight of the Festival is the Old World Pavilion in which the British Government has installed a 40, 000 exhibit in an area of 6, 500 square feet. It tells the story of Jamestown's beginnings 350 years ago and the history of British colonization since. Photo shows Christopher Butts of Westfield, New Jersey, a four-year-old visitor to the Old World Pavilion. demonstrates that the replica of the Speaker's Mace, symbol of authority of Britain's House of Commons, is bigger than he. Dating from 1660, the Speaker's Mace is carried by the Sergeant of Arms in procession before the opening of every session of Commons. It rests on a table during the session

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