Ticker-Tape Parade Honors General Jonathan Wainwright - Broadway

A hero returns to New York, appearing gaunt and tired after his last battle fought three years and three months before the war's end. Despite his weariness, he receives an unprecedented ovation, greater than any conquering hero before him. The celebration, marked by a blizzard of ticker tape and shredded phone books, is the largest New York has ever witnessed.

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