Pope John Paul II was honored in 1979.ĥ, 438 – The tons of paper thrown celebrating the Allied victory over Japan in 1945, the largest amount ever used in parade history.Ĥ66 – The number of sanitation workers it took to clean up after the parade for the Yankees World Series Championship victory in 2009 that used 56.55 tons, according to The New York Times.ġ29 – The number of backpack leaf blowers used to collect paper after the Yankees World Series Championship victory in 2009. Truman and Dwight Eisenhower).ġ – The number of popes who received a ticker tape parade. presidents honored (George Washington’s Centennial, Theodore Roosevelt, Harry S. Since 1965, only 24 have been held.ģ – The number of astronauts honored in 1969 for completing the first manned lunar landing (Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins).Ĥ – The number of sitting or former U.S. athletes, returning from the Paris Olympic Games, marched through the Canyon of Heroes.Ģ06 – The total number of parades held between 1886 and today.ġ29 – The number of parades held between 19. The October 28 fete celebrated the dedication of the Statue of Liberty.ġ924 – The year athletes where honored with a parade for the first time. Women’s World Cup champions, here’s a look at ticker tape parades by the numbers:ġ886 – The year the first ticker tape parade was help.
Including Friday’s scheduled parade for the U.S. As the stock exchange upgraded to using electronic devices, ticker tape became harder to come by and parade attendees began using shredded paper. Printed from stock tickers, a machine that that tracked stock information, ticker tape became a source for scrap paper thousands used to celebrate the homecoming of national heroes. The parades got their name from what was originally thrown in the parades – ticker tape. Presidents, a Pope and astronauts have all been showered with confetti along the Canyon of Heroes, the name given to the parade route that follows Broadway between the Battery and City Hall in New York City. Ticker tape parades are a way to celebrate foreign dignitaries and heads of state, as well as national heroes.
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