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Why ticker tape? History of NYC's iconic parades ahead of USWNT celebration

Tuesday, July 9, 2019
General Douglas MacArthur sits serenely in his open car as he tours the streets of New York City, April 20, 1951, in a hero's ticker tape parade.
New York Giants players wave during the team's NFL football Super Bowl ticker-tape parade in New York on Feb. 7, 2012.
The U.S. Women's World Cup soccer champions celebrate at New York's City Hall, following their ticker tape parade on July 10, 2015.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg holds the Vince Lombardi Trophy, as New York Giants players Michael Strahan an Eli Manning celebrate during a Super Bowl parade in New York on Feb. 5, 2008.
Floats and double decker buses carry members of the World Series champion New York Yankees north on Broadway during a ticker-tape parade in New York City, Oct. 30, 2000.
Spectators toss shredded paper at a torch-bearing runner on lower Broadway during a mock ticker tape parade during filming of a video to promote New York City's 2012 Olympic bid.
Flying ace Charles A. Lindbergh rides an open car hatless, during a ticker tape parade for him, June 13, 1927 in New York City.
In this 957 photo, tennis player Althea Gibson waves to the crowd from a car during a ticker-tape parade in New York City. Gibson was the first black person to win at Wimbledon.
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General Douglas MacArthur sits serenely in his open car as he tours the streets of New York City, April 20, 1951, in a hero's ticker tape parade.
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