Victory Parade

Victory Paradea murmur spread through the city like the humming of angry insectsThe news of the surrender reacted upon the women of New York like an intoxicating drink, and for days before the Victory Parade, the girls were out in force along the crumbling remnants of Fifth Avenue, clearing the rubble from the wide streets with energy and determination, and the giggling abandon of a dormitory revel.When the morning of the Parade arrived, in one of the few remaining office buildings at 57th Stree...