"Feb 20, 1939, NY's Madison Square Garden was lit up with the evening's main event: a "Pro American Rally."
"More than 20,000 streamed inside and took their seats. The view was stunning: Washington was hung between American flags — and swastikas"

History repeats itself

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2019/02/20/695941323/when-nazis-took-manhattan