Yom Ha'atzmaut. Independence Day. Commemorating the Israeli Declaration of Independence in 1948.
Times Sq.Noon April 18, 2021 - click link for Flickr Slide show
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pamelahall/albums/72157718960019763
video part 1
video Part 2
[Pictures and videos property of VSB-Pamela Hall]
April 4, 2021. Easter Revelers gathered on Fifth Avenue outside St. Patrick's Cathedral. Some dressed with 'face diapers' .... others, like Mr Rabbit, came fully masked.
All trying to recapture the fun of New York City's famous Easter Parade, without an actual parade (aka promenade) up and down the avenue. (see the 2012 picture and follow links from past years [2012- Part 1 ] [2012 - Part 2] and (2015 ) for Easter Past good times .
These Happy Days are not the same.
The Plandemic of 2020-21 rolls on, with no end in sight.
Though one religiously costumed fellow stood at the doors to the cathedral, he stood alone since most costumes favored Spring and The Bunny.
Perhaps because fear of death by Covid and the "New Normal" prevailed, nostalgia, yearning for a time when women dressed with style and people socialized, was popular.
Passersby had a small but colorful eye-fest.
And some, it seems, even got an Easter Egg.
Easter 2020 was locked down. Easter 2021 was roped in by relentless restrictions with no closing of the avenue, no promenade. (Flickr slide show next- click Link below)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pamelahall/albums/72157718929527155
Guess the vaccine did NOT spring-wide the prison door. (Will the panic never end?)
[Pictures Property of Pamela Hall]
April 4, 2021. Easter Sunday. TDS Cancel Culture ended the Trump Organization's contract on the very successful Wollman Rink in Central Park. Their reason, though unstated: Trump Derangement Syndrome.
"The cancellation of the Trump Organization's contracts to operate Wollman Rink, Lasker Rink, and the Central Park Carousel would go into effect in February. The city later decided to retain the Trump Organization as the rinks' operator for the duration of the skating season."
The Trump 2024 Banner was very popular with passersby. Very few grumbles from those on the left on this lovely day in the park.
Short video
Flickr slide show (follow link)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pamelahall/albums/72157718864217417
Thank you President Trump!
[Pictures and video property of Pamela Hall]
