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The Luna Park lit up at night, Coney Island, ca. 1920.

The Ramblin’ Raft Race (primarily the one on Atlanta’s Chattahoochee River) was a legendary, massive floating party and rafting event that defined wild 1970s fun in the South. It ran annually from 1969 to 1980 (mostly on the third Saturday in May, around Memorial Day weekend) and grew from a small Georgia Tech fraternity stunt into what Guinness World Records recognized in 1978 as the world’s largest participatory sporting event.

"Do you hear that?"

"Hear what?"

"Footsteps... we should stop."

On May 30, 1956, at Yankee Stadium, Mickey Mantle hit a home run that traveled 370 feet.

Saul Kovner, Central Park, 1946-47. Oil on canvas.