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World War II parade
"New York at War" was a
military parade and civilian
home front procession held supporting the World War II
mobilization effort on June 13, 1942. It was considered at the time the largest parade ever held in New York City, with up to 500,000 marching up
Fifth Avenue (from
Washington Square Park to
79th Street) and 2,500,000 spectators in attendance.
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The parade coincided with a global "
United Nations Day" launched by President Franklin Roosevelt tied to US
Flag Day on June 14, six months after the
Declaration by United Nations.
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Hugo Gellert led a committee of artists that designed the approximately 300
floats in the parade.
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The march was organized by Mayor
Fiorello H. La Guardia as honorary chairman,
[10] his deputy
Grover Whalen as chairman, and General
Hugh Aloysius Drum as
grand marshal. Other dignitaries on the reviewing stand included Governor
Herbert H. Lehman, Vice President
Henry A. Wallace, the exiled King
George II of Greece and Prime Minister
Emmanouil Tsouderos,
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[4] President of the Philippines
Manuel L. Quezon, Duchess of Windsor
Wallis Simpson, and
Princess Märtha of Sweden.
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Despite a celebration of groups including German Americans and Italian Americans,
Japanese Americans were excluded from the march, leading to objections from the
American Civil Liberties Union.
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See also
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b Howard, Harry Paxton (September 1942).
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^ Dobbs, Michael (2007-12-18).
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^ Goldstein, Richard (2010-04-13).
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