Grand Procession of Wide Awakes at New York on the Evening of October 3, 1860, engraving from Harper's Weekly, October 13 1860
     Carrying kerosene torches and dressed in oilcloth capes, Wide Awake clubs staged dramatic nighttime parades punctuated by fireworks.  
Grand Procession of Wide Awakes at New York on the Evening of October 3, 1860, engraving from Harper's Weekly, October 13 1860

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