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May 17, 2020 at 5:13 PM ·
If graduation can’t be done inside a gym or outside on a football field, perhaps the grads could walk thru Walmart, Lowe’s or Home Depot and be announced over the speaker.
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If graduation can’t be done inside a gym or outside on a football field, perhaps the grads could walk thru Walmart, Lowe’s or Home Depot and be announced over the speaker.
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If graduation can’t be done inside a gym or outside on a football field, perhaps the grads could walk thru Walmart, Lowe’s or Home Depot and be announced over the PA.
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If graduation can’t be done inside a gym or outside on a football field, perhaps the grads can walk thru @Walmart, @Lowes or @HomeDepot and be announced over the speaker..!
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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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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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