Vindicator file photo

Vindicator file photo
WHEN THE ADMIRAL CAME TO TOWN: Thousands of Youngstown area residents turned out to greet Adm. Richard E. Byrd, the most famous American explorer of his time, in November, 1930. Byrd, seated in the back of the light-colored open car, was given a ticker-tape parade down Federal Street before he went to Stambaugh Auditorium, where he spoke to a packed house.