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A ticker-tape parade is a parade event held in an urban setting, characterized by large amounts of shredded paper thrown onto the parade route from the surrounding buildings, creating a celebratory flurry of paper. Originally, actual ticker tape was used; however, now it is commonly substituted with confetti.
The only musician to ever receive a ticker tape parade tribute. June 20 – Theodor Heuss, president of West Germany. June 23 – Carlos P. Garcia, president of the Philippines. August 27 – Rear Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, Commander William Anderson, and the crew of the USS Nautilus. 1959 January 29 – Arturo Frondizi, president of Argentina.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... List of ticker-tape parades in New York City; Ticker-tape parade; A. African American Day Parade; B ...
Ticker-tape parades in New York City date back to Oct. 28, 1886, when — in a connection of sorts to this year's parade for the Liberty — a spontaneous celebration took place following the ...
The WNBA's New York Liberty will be celebrated with a ticker-tape parade through lower Manhattan later this week in honor of the first championship.
The parade will kick off at 10 a.m. Thursday at The Battery, […] On Thursday, New York City will host a ticker-tape parade for the team’s first-ever WNBA championship title, Mayor Eric Adams ...
There have been over 200 ticker-tape and confetti parades in New York. The most recent to honor a women's sports team came in 2019 when the U.S. soccer team won the World Cup. Two years later, there was a parade to honor essential workers and first responders for their service during the coronavirus pandemic.
Used ticker tape was repurposed as confetti, to be thrown from the windows above parades either cut up into scraps or thrown as whole spools, primarily in lower Manhattan; this became known as a ticker tape parade. [13] Ticker tape parades generally celebrated some significant event, such as the end of World War I and World War II, or the safe ...