Named Best Building at the Fair by an international jury, it won Scott a silver medal for distinguished services and honorary citizenship of New York City from Mayor #FiorelloLaGuardia.
#MichaelScott #NYWorldsFair1939 #1939NYWorldsFair #Ireland #Eire #architecture

#OTD in 1937
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the La Guardia–Hitler polemics looking ahead to the 1939 World’s Fair continue -
Opposition to German participation in the New York World’s Fair of 1939 was spearheaded by Mayor #FiorelloLaGuardia even as the Fair's organizers worked to encourage it.

#OTD in 1937
the La Guardia – Hitler polemics looking ahead to the 1939 World’s Fair continue -
‘The New York Times quoted the German press, "directed by Dr. Goebbels," calling La Guardia “New York’s gangster-in-chief.”’ March 7, 1937.
#1939NYWorldsFair #FiorelloLaGuardia

#OTD in 1937
In response to Nazi policies and actions Mayor #FiorelloLaGuardia proposes that the #1939NYWorldsFair feature a ‘Hall of Horrors’ with Hitler its focus.
*The New York Herald Tribune* was one of many papers quoting La Guardia’s comments against Hitler on March 4, 1937

In 1940, Mayor #FiorelloLaGuardia formed a Committee for the Study of Sex Offenses in NYC. It found no “wave” in sex crimes. He thought the 2,000 or 3,000 arrests a year out of NYC’s huge population was a very low number. Ghosts of #HistSex still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com

“What higher obligation do we have than keeping our citizens alive? What higher obligation do we have than keeping them out of the cold? What higher obligation do we have than feeding children when they’re hungry?" - 5'2" #FiorelloLaGuardia a #Progressive #Republican he worked hand in hand w/ #FDR

Captain America’s origin story was a bit different from that of many superheroes. He started out as Steve Rogers, a little guy, often pushed around and beat up by the thugs of his home town, Brooklyn, NY. But he never backed down from a fight for himself or any other little guy who was bullied. It was Rogers’ character, not his physical condition that made him stand out to the developers of a super serum that, once injected, turned Rogers into a large, muscular, and nearly indestructible fighting machine. When it came time for Captain America to have a supervillain nemesis, creators Simon and Kirby gave him two: the creepy, vicious, and brutal Red Skull and the real-life leader of Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler. As Simon and Kirby acknowledged, this was intentionally political. They hated and feared what was happening in Europe. But in the U.S., a year before being pulled into fighting in WW2, there was a strident faction of non-interventionists. Jack Kirby said, “It was a time of deep passion. Hitler was grabbing all of Europe, we had Nazis in America, Nazis holding mass meetings in Madison Square Garden. Captain America was created in that atmosphere, he was a natural outgrowth of the passionate mood of the country.”

That first issue of Captain America Comics sold out in just a few days. Timely Comics upped the print run of the second issue to more than a million copies. Captain America quickly became the publisher’s most popular character. So popular, in fact, Timely Comics was targeted by the German American Bund, a large and growing group of American Nazis who supported Adolf Hitler. Some of these American Nazis started hanging around the building in New York City, where Timely Comics artists and writers worked. Police officers were stationed around the building and Mayor Fiorello La Guardia reassured Simon and Kirby that the City guaranteed the safety of Timely’s employees.

The cover of the first edition of Captain America, with an illustration of the superhero punching Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. Image source: Deadline

On this day in 1940, the superhero Captain America first appeared. He was dreamed up and drawn by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby for what was then called Timely Comics, the publisher that became Marvel Comics.
#Comics #Graphic #Marvel #History #OTD #NYCMayor #FiorelloLaGuardia

‘[NY World’s Fair Corp. president] Grover Whalen and New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia released 500 white doves at the dedication of the Court of Peace.’ Photograph from the New York Public Library. http://exhibitions.nypl.org/biblion/worldsfair/moment-time-brink-war/story/story-war-and-peace

‘Court of Peace celebrations showed how "the peaceful customs of the world are revealed at the Fair."’ Photograph from the New York Public Library. http://exhibitions.nypl.org/biblion/worldsfair/moment-time-brink-war/story/story-war-and-peace

‘A large crowd assembles at the Polish Pavilion for Kosciuszko Day’ Photograph from the New York Public Library. http://exhibitions.nypl.org/biblion/worldsfair/moment-time-brink-war/essay/essay-horbal-polish-pavilion

‘[Men marching in front of the United States Federal Building.]’ Color slide by William A. Dobak. Ca. 1939. http://collections.mcny.org/Explore/Highlights/1939 World's Fair/

To top off the occasion, #GroverWhalen and New York Mayor #FiorelloLaGuardia released 500 white doves as their message of peace.
Throughout the two seasons of the Fair, the Court of Peace was used to stage various events, particularly in relation to the foreign pavilions. ➡️

If the #GOP & the #Democrats cant solve the nations problems over 40yrs but -especially the GOP- prefer party bloodsport, then give #ZohranKMamdani, #SenSanders, #AOC, #JasmineCrockett and the #democraticsocialism championed by #FDR & #FiorelloLaGuardia A CHANCE!
#Politico #MSNBC #TheAtlantic #NYT

Screenshot of book page, white with black text. Excerpt from Life With Fiorello, Ernest Cuneo, 1955 (almost a decade after LaGuardia's death). "The ostentations of the very wealthy were to Fiorello what banderillas are to the bull. He described to me in tones of incredulity and indignation the lavish appointments of a huge country club maintained by Andrew Mellon outside Pittsburgh. He patently expected me to share his moral outrage, as though the mere recitation of such indecencies as golf courses, tennis courts, and stables should have me reaching for the gun over the fireplace. I managed a few feeble shakes of die head, but all I could think was that if Fiorello planned to make his anger public we would never, never be invited to this wonderful place. Finally he exploded, "Well, don't you agree?" I tried to explain that whereas I would be glad to slug it out when it was a question of a real social injustice, it didn't actually seem to me important whether a rich man owned one or twenty private clubs. Far more important issues were at stake. After all, I temporized, the fight was for the bridge and the wheel; who cared about the satined cabins below? I braced myself for the blast. Instead, he drew back and examined me with doubtful and concerned eyes, as though he had just heard me say I was the victim of some mental infirmity. He patted me briefly on the shoulder and withdrew into his office without a word." https://archive.org/details/lifewithfiorello002364mbp/page/n79/mode/2up

Just going to leave this here. Excerpt from book by one of #FiorelloLaGuardia 's aides. Remember that La Guardia was a Republican! But I don't think he'd be going to Bedminster or Mar-a-Lago.
(Entire book at this link)
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#OTD in 1936
‘New York City Mayor, #FiorelloLaGuardia watches with amusement while #GroverWhalen [former #NYPD Chief and President of the New York World’s Fair Corporation] breaks ground for the 1939 New York World’s Fair, June 29, 1936’
#1939NYWorldsFair #NYWorldsFair1939

My #grandfather, left, one of the founders of the #UFOA, the Uniform Fire Officers Association, in #NYC, was also a friend of #Mayor #FiorelloLaGuardia, right. When I was a boy, seemed my gf knew everyone My dad would say, "Your grandfather is bigger than life, Son" He was #familyhistory #genealogy

Named Best Building at the Fair by an international jury, it won Scott a silver medal for distinguished services and honorary citizenship of New York City from Mayor #FiorelloLaGuardia.
#MichaelScott #NYWorldsFair1939 #1939NYWorldsFair #Ireland #Eire #architecture

#OTD in 1937
the La Guardia – Hitler polemics looking ahead to the 1939 World’s Fair continue -
‘The New York Times quoted the German press, "directed by Dr. Goebbels," calling La Guardia “New York’s gangster-in-chief.”’ March 7, 1937.
#1939NYWorldsFair #FiorelloLaGuardia

See http://exhibitions.nypl.org/biblion/worldsfair/moment-time-brink-war/story/story-germany

#OTD in 1937
In response to Nazi policies and actions Mayor #FiorelloLaGuardia proposes that the #1939NYWorldsFair feature a ‘Hall of Horrors’ with Hitler its focus.
*The New York Herald Tribune* was one of many papers quoting La Guardia’s comments against Hitler on March 4, 1937

Fiorello La Guardia

#FiorelloLaGuardia was born #OnThisDay in 1882; elected mayor of #NewYorkCity in 1933, he led the country's largest city from 1.1.1934 to 12.31.1945; he was NYC's greatest mayor, the last progressive & effective mayor the city's had; if only we had another Fiorello~!
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📚Celebrating Fiorello H. La Guardia: A Visionary Leader of Modern New York📮

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#FiorelloLaGuardia #NYCHistory #ModernLeadership #Philately #ThomasKessner #AmericanIcons