Former President Trump will bring his showmanship style to a campaign rally at New York’s iconic Madison Square Garden on Sunday, an event expected to draw thousands of supporters.

The rally in “the most famous arena in the world” comes as Trump targets a blue state that last supported a Republican in 1984. Home to the NBA’s New York Knicks and the NHL’s New York Rangers, the Garden has a long tradition of to host political events. close to election day.

In 1968, segregationist platform candidate and Alabama governor George Wallace hosted a campaign rally at the venue a week before the election, which was ultimately won by Richard Nixon, a republican.

Nixon hosted a Halloween campaign rally at the Garden the week before Election day victory in one of the most turbulent periods in American history.

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Attendees arrive Sunday before a campaign event with former President Donald Trump, not pictured, at Madison Square Garden in New York, US. The Republican presidential nominee returns to his hometown on Sunday for an event at an iconic venue that has been a magnet for celebrities and the center of some of the nation’s biggest cultural moments. (Getty Images)

On October 31, 1964, incumbent Democratic President Lyndon Johnson addressed fellow Democrats at the “old” MSG location, which was 16 blocks north of the current Garden.

“I came to New York in the final hours of this campaign,” Johnson said. “I’m coming to tell you one more time that your president will need your prayers and your president will need your support and your president will also need Democratic congressmen in the House and Bob Kennedy in the Senate.”

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American politician and current (and ultimately successful) US presidential candidate Richard Nixon (1913 – 1994) addresses supporters during a campaign rally at 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 in October 1956 to rally his troops for the Eisenhower/Nixon ticket. It worked.

During his speech, Eisenhower addressed the economy and the Cold War with Soviet union, which started a few years earlier.

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George Wallace and Curtis LeMay on stage at his presidential campaign rally at Madison Square Garden. (Circa Images/GHI/Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

“It is, of course, nothing funny when the political techniques of the opposition are extended to world affairs,” he said. “They urge a vigorous and realistic policy toward the Communist empire – and suggest that we begin, in our dealings with the Soviet Union, by entrusting our national security to agreements that have no effective safeguards or checks.”

“I respond to such proposals with firm conviction. There is no political campaign to justify declaring a moratorium on common sense,” he added.

Days before defeating Republican candidate Thomas Dewey of new york in 1948, President Harry Truman, a Democrat, visited MSG, where he said his opponent had followed him around the country.

President Harry S. Truman delivers a speech during his second presidential campaign on October 28, 1948 at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York. Signage behind Truman reads: “In the tradition of FDR with Truman. Truman’s Vice President, Alben W. Barkley, sits to Truman’s left. (Jeff Hochberg/Getty Images)

“The one White house the doctor told me not to worry. He said, “Keep your way. There’s one place that guy won’t follow you — and that’s in the White House,” Truman said before attacking the Republican Party.

“The Republican candidate may follow me from Los Angeles to Madison Square Garden, but the Republican record I’m sure will be left behind when the votes are counted,” he said. “He’s doing everything he can to make you forget that record. He doesn’t dare talk about it. I’ve never been in a campaign in my life where the opposition absolutely refused to discuss campaign issues. I can’t understand that kind of approach , but after analyzing the situation, I came to the conclusion that the situation of the Republican Party is far too bad to talk about”.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt hosted a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden in 1940. (Getty Images)

On October 28, 1940, Democratic President Franklin Delano Roosevelt spoke to supporters before winning the election against Republican candidate Wendell Wilkie.

In his remarks, FDR addressed the Great Depression and World War II taking place in Europe and its increased defense spending amid threats from abroad.

He accused Republicans of playing politics with America’s defense the war ravaged Europe and Asia amid pressure to isolate the US to stay out of the conflict.

“I say the Republican leaders played politics with defense in 1938 and 1939,” FDR said. “I say they are playing politics with our national security today.”

Entering the standard Nazi salute, Bund members salute the swastika banner as it is paraded through Madison Square Garden during the opening ceremonies of the German Bund’s “Pro-American George Washington Birthday Celebration” -American. (Getty Images)

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Herbert Hoover addressed a crowd at MSG on October 22, 1928, before winning his election. Despite the long list of presidents who have graced the venue, MSG has also hosted some controversial gatherings, including the famous “Pro-American Rally” in 1939.

The event was organized by the pro-Nazi German-American Bund and was attended by thousands in the run-up to World War II. A few days later, the Garden hosted a Communist Party rally.