Auld Lang Syne -- 1918

Every best wish for 2018

to one and all

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Photo from the Library of Congress

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"The New York City Police Department estimates that it costs $7.5 million to protect today's event in Times Square. Some in the waiting crowd got there at 8 AM.

 

"Today's event rivals the coldest New Year's celebrations on record. The frostiest ball drop on record was 1 degree Fahrenheit (-17.22 Celsius) in 1907."

 

-- US News & World Report

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