Madison Square Garden (1925) Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Other events=== [[File:1937 Anti-Nazi Rally at Madison Square Garden.jpg|thumb|300px|Anti-Nazi rally in MSG III (March 15, 1937)]] * The very first event held at the third Garden was a [[bicycle racing|bicycle race]] held from November 24β29, 1925, several weeks before the official opening of the arena. * Although MSG III never hosted a national political convention ([[#Cultural references|see below]]), in 1932 [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] continued a tradition begun in 1892 by [[Grover Cleveland]], when 22,000 people rallied to support him in his bid for the [[U.S. presidency]].<ref name=ballp /> [[Herbert Hoover]] also delivered his final campaign speech for the 1932 election at the Garden. In 1936, Roosevelt delivered his [[1936 Madison Square Garden speech|last campaign speech]] there before the election.<ref name=":0">Katznelson, Ira (2013). ''Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of our Time''. New York, NY: Liveright Publishing Corporation. {{ISBN|978-0-87140-450-3}}. {{OCLC|783163618}}.</ref> * On March 15, 1937, a massive "Boycott [[Nazi Germany]]" rally was held in the Garden, sponsored by the [[American Jewish Congress]] and the [[Jewish Labor Committee]]. [[John L. Lewis]] of the [[Congress of Industrial Organizations]] and [[Mayor of New York City|New York City mayor]] [[Fiorello La Guardia|Fiorello LaGuardia]] were among the speakers.<ref>[http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/haventohome/haven-home.html#obj13 "From Haven to Home"] [[Library of Congress]] exhibit.</ref> * [[Ice skating|Ice skater]] and film star [[Sonia Henie]] brought her Hollywood Ice Review to the Garden in 1938, drawing more than 15,000 fans.<ref name=ballp /> * On February 20, 1939, a pro-Nazi organization called [[German American Bund]] held [[1939 Nazi rally at Madison Square Garden|a rally]] of 20,000 at the third Garden. By December 1941, the federal government had outlawed the group. * During the height of its popularity during the [[Great Depression in the United States|Great Depression]], the [[Communist Party USA]] held mass rallies which filled the stadium.<ref name=":0" /> * In 1940, 13,000 people attended the [[rodeo]], featuring [[Gene Autry]].<ref name=ballp /> * On March 9, 1942, a mass memorial service for the [[Holocaust victims|2,000,000 Jews]] known to have been murdered by the [[Nazism|Nazis]] to that time in Axis-occupied Europe, was held in the venue. The service was called ''[[We Will Never Die]]''. 40,000 people attended the two performances that day.<ref>''The New York Times'', March 10, 1943.</ref> * In 1957, [[Evangelicalism|evangelist]] [[Billy Graham]] held a New York City mission at the Garden, which ran nightly for 16 weeks. * [[Elizabeth Taylor]] was the host when [[Film producer|Hollywood producer]] [[Mike Todd]] held an anniversary party for his film ''[[Around the World in 80 Days (1956 film)|Around the World in 80 Days]]'' on October 17, 1957, featuring [[Marilyn Monroe]] riding an elephant.<ref name=ballp /> * President [[John F. Kennedy]]'s birthday party in May 1962 was held at the Garden, where [[Marilyn Monroe]] memorably sang "[[Happy Birthday, Mr. President]]".<ref name=ballp /> * In the early 1960s, MSG III was the site of the Daily News Jazz Festival.<ref>''Billboard Music Week, March 13, 1961''. [https://books.google.com/books?id=TCIEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Daily+News+Jazz+Festival%22&pg=PA14 "Daily News Jazz Festival, June 8-9"]</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page