The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic cancelled many entertainments.
“I don’t think the Renaissance Festival should be closed, because having a real life plague there will add to the authenticity of it” was posted on Facebook by Dustin Uran on May 22, 2020.
Wikipedia: 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The outbreak was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China, in December 2019, and was recognised as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 2020.
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Dustin Uran
May 22, 2020 at 12:10 PM ·
I don’t think the Renaissance Festival should be closed, because having a real life plague there will add to the authenticity of it.
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Mike Blish
May 26, 2020 at 7:47 PM ·
I don’t think the Renaissance Festival should be closed, because having a real life plague there will add to the authenticity of it.
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Lisa Gromling Livelsberger
May 29, 2020 at 3:05 PM ·
I don’t think the Renaissance Festival should be closed, because having a real life plague there will add to the authenticity of it. 🤷♀️
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I don’t think the Renaissance Festival should be closed, because having a real life plague there will add to the authenticity of it.
5:34 PM · May 30, 2020·Twitter for Android
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I don’t think the Renaissance Festival should be closed, because having a real life plague there will add to the authenticity of it.🤷🏾♂️Face with tears of joy
5:22 AM · Jun 2, 2020·Twitter for Android
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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“You can’t leave those who created the problem in charge of the solution” (6/1)
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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