Trump Rally (playing YMCA)
More than just a song? Any meaning(s)?
https://www.ymca.int/about-us/ymca-history/
On 6 June 1844, Sir George Williams founded the first YMCA in London, England. The first meeting was held in Williams’ drapery shop in St Paul’s Churchyard and included 12 young men in total. Their objective was the “improvement of the spiritual condition of the young men engaged in houses of business, by the formation of Bible classes, family and social prayer meetings, mutual improvement societies, or any other spiritual agency.”
https://www.ymca.int/about-us/ymca-history/ymca-historical-figures/
https://www.nps.gov/klgo/learn/historyculture/ymca-controversy.htm
Alaska's First Y.M.C.A.
Constructed in 1900, the Skagway Young Men's Christian Association (Y.M.C.A.) was the talk of the town when it first opened its doors. It was the first recreation club of its kind in the District of Alaska and quickly became popular. The Y.M.C.A. was a one-of-a-kind facility in the young town. It offered members a gym, baths, a handball court, a photo dark room, and a reading room.
In its first month of operation the club gained 300 members reaching its maximum enrollment. Some of the last membership spaces went to 30 soldiers of Company L. Like the Y.M.C.A., Company L was another first for Skagway. While not the first Army unit sent to Alaska, Company L was uniquely comprised of 112 African American enlisted men.
https://www.nps.gov/klgo/learn/historyculture/buffalo-soldiers.htm
(Company L, 24th Infantry in Skagway)
A Need for Law and Order
During the Klondike Gold Rush, (boomtowns) popped up on the edges of "the Last Frontier." In Southeast Alaska, Skagway and Dyea became important ports on the route to the gold fields.
https://www.nps.gov/klgo/learn/historyculture/company-l.htm