Monday, May 25, 2026

Memorial Day 1926

[“Booing of Fascisti Stirs the Paraders: Blackshirts Near Blows with Taunters Who Tell Them They ‘Don't Belong’ in Line.” The New York Times, June 1, 1926.]

The article ends by quoting Dr. E.G. Citriolo, one of the leaders of the Fascist contingent:

“I understand that some protest was to have been made this morning at City Hall,” he said. “I understand from my informant that those opposed to us are anti-Fascisti. They are purely Communists. They have no country and no religion. Our three symbols are: Country, religion and family.”
And the past, as William Faulkner wrote, is never dead. It’s not even past.

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