List of ticker-tape parades in New York City facts for kids

New York City has a super cool tradition of celebrating heroes and big achievements with special parades called ticker-tape parades! Imagine confetti raining down like snow – that's what it's like! Since 1886, the city has honored amazing people like politicians, generals, athletes, and even whole organizations. These parades usually happen along a famous part of Broadway called the "Canyon of Heroes." It stretches all the way from the Battery to City Hall. Each of the more than 200 parades has a special granite strip on the ground to remember it, put there in 2004.

Famous Ticker-Tape Parades Through the Years

Parades in the 1880s and 1890s

• 1886
  • October 28 – An unplanned parade happened for the dedication of the amazing Statue of Liberty.
• 1889
  • April 29 – A parade celebrated 100 years since George Washington became the first president of the United States.
• 1899
  • September 30 – Admiral George Dewey was honored after returning from Manila.

Parades in the 1910s

Returning Home, New York Times, 1919

• 1910
  • June 18 – Former President Theodore Roosevelt got a parade after his exciting trip to Africa.
• 1912
  • August – The brave U.S. Olympic athletes from the games in Stockholm, Sweden, were celebrated.
• 1919
  • September 8 – General John J. Pershing, who led American forces in World War I, was honored.
  • October 3 – King Albert and Queen Elisabeth of Belgium visited and received a parade.
  • November 18 – Edward Albert, the Prince of Wales (who later became King Edward VIII), was welcomed.

Parades in the 1920s

• 1924
  • August 6 – More U.S. Olympic athletes were celebrated after competing in Paris and Chamonix.
• 1926
  • June 23 – Commander Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett were honored for their flight over the North Pole.
  • July 2 – Golfer Bobby Jones received a parade for winning the British Open.
  • August 27 – Gertrude Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel, was a huge hero!
  • September 10 – Amelia Gade Corson, the second woman (and first mother) to swim the English Channel, also got a parade.
• 1927
  • June 13 – Charles Lindbergh was celebrated for his amazing solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
  • July 18 – A "double" parade honored Commander Richard Byrd and his crew, along with Clarence Chamberlin and Charles A. Levine, for their separate transatlantic flights.
• 1928
  • July 6 – Amelia Earhart, Wilmer Stultz, and Louis E. Gordon were celebrated after their own flight across the Atlantic.
  • October 16 – Hugo Eckener and the crew of the Graf Zeppelin airship received a parade.
• 1929
  • August 30 – Hugo Eckener and the Graf Zeppelin crew were honored again after flying all the way around the world!

Parades in the 1930s

• 1930
  • June 18 – Rear Admiral Richard Byrd was celebrated for his expedition to Antarctica.
  • July 2 – Golfer Bobby Jones received another parade for winning both the British Amateur and British Open golf tournaments.
• 1931
  • July 2 – Wiley Post and Harold Gatty were honored for their flight around the world.
• 1932
  • June 20 – Amelia Earhart received a parade after her solo flight across the Atlantic.
• 1933
  • July 26 – Wiley Post was celebrated again after another record-breaking eight-day flight around the world.
• 1936
  • September 3 – Legendary athlete Jesse Owens was honored after winning four gold medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
• 1938
  • July 15 – Howard Hughes received a parade for his incredible three-day flight around the world.

Parades in the 1940s

Dwight Eisenhower waves to crowd in 1945

• 1945
  • June 10 – General Dwight Eisenhower, who led the Allied forces in World War II, was a huge hero!
  • August 27 – General Charles de Gaulle, the leader of France, was welcomed.
  • October 27 – President Harry S. Truman received a parade.
• 1946
  • March 14 – Winston Churchill, the former prime minister of the United Kingdom, was honored.
• 1949
  • May 19 – General Lucius D. Clay, the military governor of Germany, was celebrated.
  • August 19 – Connie Mack was honored for his 50th year as a baseball manager.

Parades in the 1950s

• 1951
  • April 20 – General of the Army Douglas MacArthur received a parade.
  • May 9 – David Ben-Gurion, the prime minister of Israel, was welcomed.
• 1952
  • July 7 – The U.S. Olympic team was celebrated.
  • July 18 – The crew of the United States ocean liner received a parade for setting a new speed record across the Atlantic.
• 1953
  • July 21 – Golfer Ben Hogan was honored for winning the "Triple Crown of Golf."
• 1954
  • June 1 – Haile Selassie, the emperor of Ethiopia, visited and received a parade.
  • September 27 – The New York Giants baseball team was celebrated for winning the National League pennant.
• 1957
  • July 11 – Althea Gibson, a tennis star, was honored for winning the Wimbledon women's singles championship.
  • October 21 – Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom received a grand welcome.
• 1958
  • May 20 – Van Cliburn, a famous pianist, was honored for winning a big music competition in Moscow. He's the only musician to ever get a ticker-tape parade!
  • August 27 – Rear Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, Commander William Anderson, and the crew of the USS Nautilus (the first nuclear submarine) were celebrated.

Parades in the 1960s

• 1960
  • March 9 – Carol Heiss, an Olympic gold medalist in figure skating, was honored.
  • October 19 – John F. Kennedy, who was running for president, received a parade.
• 1961
  • April 10 – The New York Yankees baseball team was celebrated for winning the American League pennant.
• 1962
  • March 1 – John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, was a huge hero and got a massive parade!

Ticker-tape parade for Brazilian president João Goulart

• • April 9 – The New York Yankees were celebrated again for winning the World Series.
  • April 12 – The New York Mets baseball team received a parade when they joined the National League.
  • June 5 – Scott Carpenter, another astronaut, was honored after his space mission.
• 1963
  • May 22 – Gordon Cooper, an astronaut, received a parade after his space mission.

Ticker tape parade for the Apollo 11 astronauts

• 1969
  • January 10 – Frank Borman, James A. Lovell, and William A. Anders were celebrated after their Apollo 8 mission to the Moon.
  • August 13 – The famous Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins received a huge parade after their historic Apollo 11 mission, where they landed on the Moon!
  • October 20 – The New York Mets baseball team was celebrated for winning the World Series championship.

Parades in the 1970s

• 1971
  • March 8 – Alan Shepard, Edgar Mitchell, and Stuart Roosa were honored after their Apollo 14 mission to the Moon.
• 1977
  • October 19 – The New York Yankees were celebrated for winning the World Series.
• 1978
  • October 19 – The New York Yankees won the World Series again and got another parade!
• 1979
  • October 3 – Pope John Paul II received a ticker-tape parade during his visit.

Parades in the 1980s

• 1981
  • January 30 – The American hostages who were released from Iran received a warm welcome.
• 1984
  • August 15 – The U.S. Summer Olympics medal winners were celebrated.
• 1985
  • May 7 – Vietnam War veterans were honored.
• 1986
  • October 28 – The New York Mets won the World Series and got a parade.

Parades in the 1990s

Desert Storm march in the Welcome Home parade

• 1990
  • June 20 – Nelson Mandela of South Africa, a global hero for freedom, was welcomed.
• 1991
  • June 10 – Gulf War veterans were honored.
  • June 25 – Korean War veterans were also celebrated.
• 1994
  • June 17 – The New York Rangers hockey team won the Stanley Cup championship!
• 1996
  • October 29 – The New York Yankees won the World Series.
• 1998
  • October 23 – The New York Yankees won the World Series again!
  • November 16 – John Glenn (who had been in space before!) and other astronauts from the Space Shuttle Discovery mission were honored.
• 1999
  • October 29 – The New York Yankees won their third straight World Series!

Parades in the 2000s

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

• 2000
  • October 30 – The New York Yankees won their fourth straight World Series!
• 2008
  • February 5 – The New York Giants football team won Super Bowl XLII.
• 2009
  • November 6 – The New York Yankees won the World Series.

Parades in the 2010s

USWNT at a parade in their honor after the 2019 Championship

• 2012
  • February 7 – The New York Giants football team won Super Bowl XLVI.
• 2015
  • July 10 – The amazing United States women's national soccer team was celebrated for winning the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.
• 2019
  • July 10 – The United States women's national soccer team received another parade for winning the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup again!

Parades in the 2020s

Healthcare workers being honored for their efforts in combatting COVID-19

• 2021
  • July 7 – Healthcare professionals and essential workers were honored for their incredible hard work during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Individuals Honored with Multiple Parades

Some people were so important or achieved so much that they received more than one ticker-tape parade!

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

Sports Teams Honored

New York City loves its sports teams! Many have been celebrated with ticker-tape parades:

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