List of ticker-tape parades in New York City

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Since 1886, New York City has honored politicians, generals, organizations, military veterans, athletes, and others with ticker-tape parades. [1] Parades are traditionally held along a section of Broadway, known as the "Canyon of Heroes", from the Battery to City Hall. Each of these 206 parades has been commemorated by the Alliance for Downtown New York City with a granite strip, installed in 2004. [2]

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1880s

1890s

1910s

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Returning Home, New York Times, 1919

1920s

1930s

1940s

Dwight Eisenhower waves to crowd in 1945 Eisenhower parade NYWTS.jpg
Dwight Eisenhower waves to crowd in 1945

1950s

1960s

Ticker-tape parade for Brazilian president Joao Goulart Joao Goulart NYWTS.jpg
Ticker-tape parade for Brazilian president João Goulart
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Ticker tape parade for the Apollo 11 astronauts

1970s

1980s

1990s

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Desert Storm march in the Welcome Home parade

2000s

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Crowds overrun Bowling Green Station to witness the ticker-tape parade for the Super Bowl champion New York Giants, February 2008

2010s

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USWNT at a parade in their honor after the 2019 Championship

2020s

Healthcare workers being honored for their efforts in combatting COVID-19 Essential Worker Parade NYC 7 July 2021.jpg
Healthcare workers being honored for their efforts in combatting COVID-19

Individuals honored with multiple parades

Richard E. Byrd (3), George Fried (2), Bobby Jones (2), Amelia Earhart (2), Wiley Post (2), Dwight D. Eisenhower (2), Hugo Eckener (2), Charles de Gaulle (2), Haile Selassie (2), John Glenn (2), Alcide De Gasperi (2).

Sports teams honored

New York Yankees (9), United States Olympics team (5, plus 2 individual parades for Jesse Owens and Carol Heiss), New York Mets (3), New York Giants (football) (2), United States women's national soccer team (2), New York Giants (baseball) (1), New York Rangers (1).

Potential revisions

In 2017, then Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Twitter that he intended to have Marshall Pétain's plaque removed from the Canyon of Heroes. [9] [10] This happened after a national debate over the propriety of Confederate monuments spilled over into a reassessment of monuments in general. Pétain was honored in 1931 for his service in World War I. After France's defeat by Germany, he advocated surrender rather than resistance; Pétain headed the Nazi collaborationist government of Vichy France from 19401944. France itself has largely removed all commemoration for Pétain; the last street named after him was renamed in 2010. [11]

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