Since 1886, New York City has honored politicians, generals, organizations, military veterans, athletes, and others with ticker-tape parades. Parades are traditionally held along a section of Broadway, known as the "Canyon of Heroes", from Battery Park to New York City Hall. Beginning in the early 2000s, each of the ticker-tape parades has been commemorated by the Alliance for Downtown New York with a granite strip located on the sidewalks along the parade route, which is inscribed with the date of the parade and a brief description. The and granite strips have stainless steel letters; markers have been installed for over 200 parades.
1880s 1886 October 28 – Statue of Liberty dedication (impromptu). 1889 April 29 – Centennial of George Washington's inauguration as first president of the United States
1890s 1899 September 30 – Admiral George Dewey, following return from Manila.
1910s
1910 June 18 – Theodore Roosevelt, following return from his African expedition. 1912 August 24 – U.S. Olympic Games athletes (Stockholm, Sweden). 1919 September 8 – General John J. Pershing, commander of American Expeditionary Force October 3 – King Albert and Queen Elisabeth of Belgium November 18 – Edward Albert, Prince of Wales.
1920s 1921 October 19 – General Armando Diaz, Italian commander. October 28 – Ferdinand Foch, Marshal of France. 1922 April 24 – Joseph Joffre, Marshal of France. November 18 – Georges Clemenceau, former premier of France. 1923 October 5 – David Lloyd George, former prime minister of the United Kingdom. 1924 August 6 – U.S. Olympic athletes (Paris, Chamonix) 1925 October 21 – Captain Paul C. Grening and the crew of the SS President Harding for heroic sea rescue. 1926 February 16 – Captain George Fried and the crew of the SS President Roosevelt for heroic sea rescue. May 27 – Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf and Crown Princess Louise of Sweden June 23 – Commander Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett, flight over the North Pole July 2 – Bobby Jones, winner of the British Open golf tournament August 27 – Gertrude Ederle, first woman to swim the English Channel September 10 – Amelia Gade Corson, first mother and second woman to swim the English Channel October 18 – Queen Marie of Romania. 1927 June 13 – Charles Lindbergh, following solo transatlantic flight. July 18 – "Double" parade for Commander Richard Byrd and the crew of the America; and for Clarence Chamberlin and Charles A. Levine following separate transatlantic flights. November 11 – Ruth Elder and George W. Haldeman following flight from New York City to the Azores. 1928 January 20 – W. T. Cosgrave, President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State. April 25 – Hermann Köhl, Major James Fitzmaurice, and Baron von Hünefeld following first westward transatlantic flight August 22 – U.S. Olympic athletes. May 4 – Prince Ludovico Spada Potenziani, governor of Rome July 6 – Amelia Earhart, Wilmer Stultz, and Louis E. Gordon, following their transatlantic flight September 20 – Aimé Tschiffely, Swiss-Argentine horse rider from Buenos Aires to New York October 16 – Hugo Eckener and the crew of the Graf Zeppelin 1929 January 28 – Captain George Fried and the crew of the America for rescue of the Italian freighter Florida August 30 – Hugo Eckener and the crew of the Graf Zeppelin after round the world trip October 4 – James Ramsay MacDonald, prime minister of the United Kingdom
1930s 1930 May 26 – Marquis Jacques de Dampierre, descendant of General Lafayette June 11 – Júlio Prestes, president-elect of Brazil. June 18 – Rear Admiral Richard Byrd following expedition to Antarctica. July 2 – Bobby Jones, winner of the British Amateur and British Open golf tournaments. September 4 – Captain Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte following flight from Paris to New York City. 1931 July 2 – Wiley Post and Harold Gatty following round-the-world flight. September 2 – Olin Stephens Jr. and the crew of Dorade, winners of a transatlantic yacht race from Newport, R.I., to Plymouth, England October 22 – Pierre Laval, Prime Minister of France. October 26 – Philippe Pétain, Marshal of France. November 30 – Dino Grandi, Foreign Minister of Italy 1932 June 20 – Amelia Earhart following transatlantic flight. 1933 July 21 – Air Marshal Italo Balbo and crew for flight from Rome to Chicago in 25 Italian seaplanes. July 26 – Wiley Post following eight-day round-the-world flight. August 1 – Amy Johnson and her husband Jim Mollison following westward transatlantic flight, from Wales to Connecticut. 1936 September 3 – Jesse Owens following winning four gold medals in the 1936 Summer Olympics. 1938 July 15 – Howard Hughes, following three-day flight around the world. August 5 – Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan following flight from New York City to Ireland (he was scheduled to fly to California). 1939 April 27 – Crown Prince Olav and Crown Princess Märtha of Norway. May 1 – Rear Admiral Alfred W. Johnson, commander of the Atlantic Squadron.
1940s
1945 June 19 – General Dwight Eisenhower, commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces. August 27 – General Charles de Gaulle, interim president of France. September 14 – General Jonathan Wainwright, hero of Corregidor. October 9 – Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz. October 27 – President Harry S. Truman. December 14 – Fleet Admiral William F. Halsey. 1946 January 12 – New York City Victory Parade of 1946: 82nd Airborne Division (United States) James M. Gavin New York native. Chosen as the All American Division to represent the Army and the end of WWII. March 14 – Winston Churchill, former prime minister of the United Kingdom October 23 – Delegates to the first plenary session of the United Nations General Assembly. 1947 January 13 – Alcide De Gasperi, premier of Italy. February 7 – Viscount Harold Alexander of Tunis, governor general of Canada May 2 – Miguel Alemán Valdés, president of Mexico November 5 - Crew of Warship Georges Leygues for bringing rare French tapestries to exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art November 18 – U.S.-to-Europe "Friendship Train" bearing gifts and supplies. 1948 March 9 – Éamon de Valera, former Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland. July 7 – Rómulo Gallegos, president of Venezuela 1949 February 3 – France-to-U.S. Merci Train bearing gifts in appreciation of the "Friendship Train" May 19 – General Lucius D. Clay, military governor of Germany. May 23 – Eurico Gaspar Dutra, president of Brazil. August 11 – Elpidio Quirino, president of the Philippines August 19 – Connie Mack, on his fiftieth anniversary as manager of the Philadelphia Athletics. September 17 – Forty-eight European journalists on "American discovery" flight around United States. October 4 – American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps national championship. October 17 – Jawaharlal Nehru, prime minister of India. October 18 – Ralph Bunche, United Nations mediator
1950s 1950 April 17 – Gabriel González Videla, president of Chile. April 28 – Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid. May 8 – Liaquat Ali Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan. August 4 – Robert Gordon Menzies, prime minister of Australia. August 22 – Lt. General Clarence R. Huebner August 31 – William O'Dwyer, recently resigned New York City mayor
1951 April 3 – Vincent Auriol, president of France April 20 – General of the Army Douglas MacArthur May 9 – David Ben-Gurion, prime minister of Israel May 24 – U.S. 4th Infantry Division 8th Regimental Combat Team, first troops sent overseas in support of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization June 25 – Galo Plaza Lasso, president of Ecuador September 17 – Sir Denys Lowson, Lord Mayor of the City of London. September 28 – Alcide De Gasperi, prime minister of Italy. October 29 – United Nations servicemen wounded in Korea. November 13 – Women of the armed forces 1952 January 17 – Captain Henrik Kurt Carlsen, following rescue of the crew of the Flying Enterprise April 7 – Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands. July 7 – U.S. Olympic team. July 18 – Commodore Harry Manning and the crew of the United States following new speed record crossing the Atlantic. December 18 – Lt. General Willis D. Crittenberger. World War II combat commander in Italy and retiring commander of US First Army headquartered at Fort Jay, Governors Island, New York. 1953 January 30 – Vice Admiral Walter S. DeLany, Commander of the Navy's Eastern Sea Frontier and the Atlantic Reserve Fleet April 3 – Metropolitan New York Combat Contingent, first troop transport to return from Korea. April 24 – Lt. General James A. Van Fleet. July 21 – Ben Hogan, winner of the Triple Crown of Golf. October 1 – José Antonio Remón Cantera, president of Panama October 20 – General Mark W. Clark October 26 – Major General William F. Dean November 2 – King Paul and Queen Friederike of Greece. 1954 February 1 – Celal Bayar, president of Turkey. April 22 – U.S. 4th Infantry Division, following return from Korea June 1 – Haile Selassie, emperor of Ethiopia. July 26 – Lieutenant Geneviève de Galard-Terraube, the "Angel of Dien Bien Phu". August 2 – Syngman Rhee, president of South Korea. September 27 – New York Giants, winners of the National League pennant. October 28 – William V.S. Tubman, president of Liberia. November 19 – Lt. Gen. Withers A. Burress, retiring Commander of the First Army 1955 January 31 – Paul Eugène Magloire, president of Haiti. August 11 – Order of the Knights of Pythias. November 4 – Carlos Castillo Armas, president of Guatemala. December 9 – Luis Batlle Berres, president of Uruguay. 1956 March 12 – Giovanni Gronchi, president of Italy. May 15 – Armed Forces Day. May 23 – Sukarno, president of Indonesia. 1957 May 2 – Navy League tribute for 60 commanders of the Navy and Marines during World War II. May 13 – Ngo Dinh Diem, president of South Vietnam. July 2 – Captain Alan J. Villiers and the crew of the Mayflower II. July 11 – Althea Gibson, winner of the Wimbledon women's singles championship. October 21 – Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. December 9 – King Mohammed V of Morocco. 1958 May 20 – Van Cliburn, winner of the Moscow International Tchaikovsky Competition. 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. February 10 – Willy Brandt, mayor of West Berlin. March 13 – José María Lemus, president of El Salvador. March 20 – Seán T. O'Kelly, President of Ireland. May 29 – King Baudouin of Belgium. September 11 – Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands. October 14 – Adolfo López Mateos, president of Mexico. November 4 – Ahmed Sékou Touré, president of Guinea.
1960s 1960 March 9 – Carol Heiss, Olympic figure skating gold medalist. April 11 – Alberto Lleras Camargo, president of Colombia. April 26 – Charles de Gaulle, president of France. May 2 – King Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah and Queen Ratna Rajya Lakshmi Devi of Nepal. July 5 – King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit Kitiyakara of Thailand. October 14 – King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid of Denmark October 19 – John F. Kennedy, Democratic presidential nominee. November 2 – President Dwight Eisenhower and Vice President Richard Nixon, Republican presidential nominee. 1961 April 10 – New York Yankees, winners of the American League pennant. May 11 – Habib Bourguiba, president of Tunisia. October 13 – Ibrahim Abboud, president of Sudan. October 27 – builders and crew of the USS Constellation 1962 March 1 – John Glenn, following the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission. April 5 – João Goulart, president of Brazil. April 9 – New York Yankees, winners of the World Series. April 12 – New York Mets, upon entering the National League.