East Baltimore Documentary Survey Project

ID: 2045 ~ Source: Smithsonian American Art Museum ~ Creator: Joan Clark Netherwood ~ Date: c. 1975
This file appears in: I Am an American Day Parade
East Baltimore Documentary Survey Project

While this is a parade group in East Baltimore, it is not the I Am An American Day Parade. Based on the clothing worn by the marchers, this c. 1975 photo likely shows a Pulaski Day Parade near the Pulaski Monument in Patterson Park.

This file appears in: I Am an American Day Parade

By Eli Pousson
The first "I Am An American Day" parade in Baltimore started at Thirty-third Street and The Alameda on May 17, 1942. The event (and similar marches and rallies across the country) was promoted by the Hearst Corporation, then owner and publisher of…