Keep scrolling to learn more about this time-honored tradition. Ticker tape parades have been an NYC tradition for over 100 years. Here are New Yorkers celebrating the end of World War I in 1918.

Topical Press Agency/Getty Images American athlete and Olympic gold medal winner Jesse Owens waves at fans during a ticker tape parade in honor of the U.S. athletes who competed in the Berlin ...

More than 10,000 New Yorkers crowded lower Manhattan Thursday morning for the highly-anticipated ticker-tape parade celebrating the New York Liberty’s first-ever WNBA championship win.

Fans of the U.S. women's soccer team cheer during the ticker tape parade to celebrate their World Cup victory, in New York City on July 10, 2015.Lucas Jackson—Reuters Contact us at letters@time ...