New York City, with its vibrant Italian-American community, has played host to a massive Columbus Day Parade on the second Monday in October every year since 1929. Local politicians courting the Italian vote are required to march, and in presidential election years, the national campaigns of both major tickets usually arrange an appearance by one or both candidates. With an Italian-American and New Yorker on the Democratic ticket in 1984, the GOP made certain their team would be represented, as evidenced by this scarce jugate button.
