October 03, 2023
Between 1945 and 1965 New York City held 130 ticker-tape parades, averaging about one every other month, many to celebrate the visits of U.S.-friendly heads of state during the Cold War. One week in May 1950 there were ticker-tape parades on three consecutive days.
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