It dates back to 1948. It is a direct result of the death of the five Sullivan brothers of Waterloo, Iowa, who were all killed when their ship sank during WWII.
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It's gonna be a hootenanny.
Or maybe a jamboree.
Or possibly even a shindig or lollapalooza.
Perhaps it'll be a hootshinpaloozaree. I don't know.
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