instead, he took off pointing east. he didn't touch ground again until he landed in dublin, ireland. thus earning the name wrong way corrigan. that also earned him a ticker tape parade in lower manhattan. the first was held in manhattan in 1886 for the dedication of the statue of liberty. since that first one, there's been 203 more ticker tape parades up broadway. the stretch of broadway between battery park and city hall is called the canyon of heroes. it's been for everyone for visit heads of state to american olympic teams to sports who win champions. to astronauts to the pilot in the home made plane. there's a special historic resonance of a ticker tape parade welcoming american soldiers home. marking the end of a war. even that history is complicated. at the end of world war ii in