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    Back when this great nation was being formed in the mid and late 1700's were circuses called Ricketts?

    Question #126753. Asked by endoverend. (Sep 09 12 7:47 PM)


    lorance79

    		Which great nation are you talking about?

    Sep 09 12, 7:57 PM
    looney_tunes

    		John Bill Ricketts put on the first circus displays in Philadelphia, but they were referred to as circus performances, a use of that term first occurring in London in 1768.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circus#cite_note-BGH-6

    More detail about Ricketts can be found at this link.

    http://explorepahistory.com/hmarker.php?markerId=1-A-1DB

    Sep 09 12, 9:07 PM

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