Trump at Madison Square Garden: Iconic venue has played host to many campaign gatherings near Election Day

Former President Trump volition bring his showmanship-style Sunday to a run rally astatine New York City's iconic Madison Square Garden, an lawsuit that is expected to gully thousands of supporters. 

The rally successful "the world's astir celebrated arena" comes arsenic Trump targets a deep-blue authorities that past backed a Republican successful 1984. Home to the NBA's New York Knicks and NHL's New York Rangers, the Garden has a agelong contented of hosting governmental events adjacent to Election Day. 

In 1968, segregationist level campaigner and Alabama Gov. George Wallace hosted a run rally astatine the venue a week earlier the election, which was yet won by Richard Nixon, a Republican. 

Nixon hosted a Halloween run rally astatine the Garden, a week earlier his Election Day triumph during 1 of the astir turbulent periods successful American history. 

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Attendees get up of a run lawsuit with erstwhile President Donald Trump, not pictured, astatine Madison Square Garden successful New York, US, connected Sunday. The Republican statesmanlike nominee returns to his hometown connected Sunday for an lawsuit astatine an iconic venue that has been a magnet for celebrities and the halfway of immoderate of the nation's biggest taste moments. (Getty Images)

On Oct. 31, 1964, Incumbent Democratic President Lyndon Johnson addressed chap Democrats astatine the "old" MSG venue, which was 16 blocks northbound of the existent Garden. 

"I person travel to New York successful the last hours of this campaign," Johnson said. "I travel to accidental to you erstwhile again that your president volition request your prayers and your president volition request your support, and your president volition besides request Democratic congressmen successful the House and Bob Kennedy successful the Senate."

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American person and then-current (and yet successful) US Presidential campaigner Richard Nixon (1913 - 1994) addresses supporters during a run rally astatine Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, October 31, 1968.  (David Fenton/Getty Images)

Before Johnson, incumbent Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower came to the Garden successful October 1956 to rally his troops for the Eisenhower/Nixon ticket. It worked. 

During his speech, Eisenhower addressed the system and the Cold War with the Soviet Union, which began respective years earlier.

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George Wallace and Curtis LeMay connected signifier astatine his Presidential run rally astatine Madison Square Garden. (Circa Images/GHI/Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

"There is, of course, thing amusing erstwhile the opposition's governmental techniques are extended to satellite affairs.," helium said. "They impulse a vigorous and realistic argumentation towards the Communist empire--and they suggest that we begin, successful our relations with the Soviet Union, by trusting our nationalist information to agreements that person nary effectual safeguards and nary controls."

 "I respond to specified propositions with 1 steadfast belief. There is nary governmental run that justifies the declaration of a moratorium connected communal sense," helium added."

Days earlier defeating Republican nominee Thomas Dewey of New York successful 1948, President Harry Truman, a Democrat, visited MSG, wherever helium said his hostile kept pursuing him crossed the country. 

President Harry S. Truman delivers a code during his 2nd Presidential run connected October 28, 1948, astatine Madison Square Garden successful New York, New York. The signage down Truman reads, 'In The FDR Tradition With Truman. Truman's Vice President Alben W. Barkley stands to the near of Truman. (Jeff Hochberg/Getty Images)

"The White House doc told maine not to worry. He said: 'You support close connected your way. There is 1 spot wherever that chap is not going to travel you – and that's successful the White House,'" said Truman earlier assailing the Republican Party. 

"The Republican campaigner tin travel maine each the mode from Los Angeles to Madison Square Garden, but the Republican grounds makes it definite that helium volition inactive beryllium trailing on down erstwhile the votes are counted," helium said. "He is doing each helium tin to marque you hide that record. He doesn't situation speech astir it. I person ne'er successful my beingness been successful a run wherever the absorption refused perfectly to sermon the issues of the campaign. I can't recognize that benignant of an approach. But aft I had analyzed the concern I came to the decision that the grounds of the Republican Party is overmuch excessively atrocious to speech about."

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Franklin D. Roosevelt hosted a run rally astatine Madison Square Garden successful 1940. (Getty Images)

On Oct. 28, 1940, Democratic President Franklin Delano Roosevelt spoke to supporters earlier winning his predetermination against Republican nominee Wendell Wilkie.

In his remarks, FDR addressed the Great Depression and the Second World War taking spot successful Europe and his summation successful defence spending amid threats from abroad. 

He accused Republicans of playing authorities with America's defence arsenic war raged successful Europe and Asia amid unit to isolate the U.S. to enactment retired of the conflict. 

"I accidental that the Republican leaders played authorities with defence successful 1938 and 1939," said FDR. "I accidental that they are playing authorities with our nationalist information today."

Snapping into the regularisation Nazi salute, Bund members hail the swastika banner arsenic it is paraded successful Madison Square Garden during opening ceremonies of the German American Bund's "Pro-American Celebration of George Washington's Birthday."  (Getty Images)

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Herbert Hoover addressed a assemblage astatine MSG connected October 22, 1928, earlier winning his election. Despite the agelong database of presidents that person graced the venue, MSG has besides hosted immoderate arguable gatherings, including the notorious "Pro-American Rally" of 1939. 

The lawsuit was organized by the pro-Nazi German American Bund and was attended by thousands successful the lead-up to World War II. Days later, the Garden hosted a Communist Party rally.