New York City will hold a ticker tape parade to celebrate the health care staff, first-responders and other essential workers who got the city through the Covid-19 pandemic, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday.
The event will be the first official parade hosted in the city since the pandemic began early last year.The parade will be held July 7 on the Canyon of Heroes parade route in downtown Manhattan and will include groups of essential workers marching and standing on floats. The mayor said the event is meant to celebrate"the people who kept us alive, the people who kept this city going -- no matter what.
Hide Caption 15 of 30 Photos: Here's how people are thanking health-care heroes around the worldA photo of a medical worker is seen on an outdoor screen in Shijiazhuang, China, on April 1. Medical workers were displayed at the city center to pay tribute to those fighting on the front lines of the pandemic.Hide Caption 16 of 30 Photos: Here's how people are thanking health-care heroes around the worldA Red Cross volunteer picks tulips in Rome on April 8.
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