I guess not. The Obama win was similarly elating for millions of us, but that celebration was mostly limited to Chicago's Grant Park -- possibly because it was announced at 11PM ET, and people weren't inclined to leave their houses that time of day. Saturday afternoon in a pandemic was an easier time to fill the streets.Big Magilla wrote:Have there been spontaneous celebrations of the kind we're seeing all over the country now at any other time since the end of World War II? I can't think of any.
Tangential to that: this is the first time in the post-Reagan/Bush era where Dems have won in a long-count election. The Clinton and Obama wins were both certified by the time of the 11PM news on the East Coast. 2000 -- which lasted over a month -- and 2004/2016 -- not finalized till Wednesday morning -- all went the GOP way in the end. It's nice to end up on the other end of that stick.
There were impromptu celebrations the night bin Laden was killed, but was that mostly limited to DC?
Rachel Bitecofer says of course there'd be scenes reminiscent of V-J Day -- that was the last time America defeated a fascist.