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1785 – New York Manumission Society founded. [7] 1786 – First Mass held in St. Peter's Church on Barclay Street, the city's first Catholic Church. 1787 October 27: The Federalist Papers begin publication. [9] New-York African Free-School founded. [26] 1789 March: 1st United States Congress begins. April 30: Inauguration of Washington as U.S ...
A rocket ship float with Santa Claus during a Christmas parade in Los Angeles, 1940. The Christmas parade is a direct descendant of late Medieval and Renaissance revivals of Roman Triumphs, which had music and banners, wagons filled with the spoils of war, and climaxed with the dux riding in a chariot, preferably drawn by two horses, and thus called the biga.
New York, often called New York City [b] or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs , each coextensive with a respective county .
Exeter: Exeter Christmas Parade; Exeter: Exeter's New Year's Eve Doo-Dah Parade and Free Fireworks Show; Fair Oaks: Christmas in the Village and Parade; Fallbrook: Annual Christmas Parade; Ferndale: Christmas Lighted Tractor Parade; Folsom: Folsom Police Department and Folsom Fire Department Santa Sleigh Parade; Fontana: Fontana Christmas Parade
The first parade in 1924 was actually dubbed the "Macy's Christmas Parade," and marked the welcoming of Santa Claus to the city. ... The 88th annual parade in 2014 featured 6 new giant balloons ...
The Historical Atlas of New York City: A Visual Celebration of 400 Years of New York City's History (2005) online; Hood. Clifton. In Pursuit of Privilege: A History of New York City's Upper Class and the Making of a Metropolis (2016). Cover 1760–1970. Jackson, Kenneth T., ed. (1995). The Encyclopedia of New York City.
Crowds at Bowling Green Station to witness the ticker-tape parade for the Super Bowl champion New York Giants, February 2008. 2000 October 30 – New York Yankees championship in the World Series. 2008 February 5 – New York Giants championship in Super Bowl XLII. 2009 November 6 – New York Yankees championship in the World Series.
The Almanac of New York City (2008) Jaffe, Steven H. New York at War: Four Centuries of Combat, Fear, and Intrigue in Gotham (2012) Excerpt and text search; Lankevich, George J. New York City: A Short History (2002) Lockwood, Charles. Manhattan moves uptown: an illustrated history (Courier, 2014). Munn, Nancy D.