A Brief History
On October 29, 1886, the first recorded use of ticker-tape was noted during the parade for the dedication of the Statue of Liberty.
Digging Deeper
As a native of Northeast Ohio for my entire life (24 years and counting), to my knowledge the closest thing to a major celebration that the city has had in the past ten years was probably when the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Detroit Pistons in the NBA Eastern Conference Finals in 2007. Reams of flashy confetti rained down upon screaming fans in Quicken Loans Arena as the Cleveland Cavaliers were crowned champions of the eastern conference. Although the celebration was short-lived, circles of sports fans continue to dream about the day that one of Cleveland’s sports teams will celebrate winning a major championship. Occasionally, fans conjure images of the celebration of the future triumph, which would last for days with people joyously singing songs of praise. There would be miles and miles of confetti up and down the roads. Without confetti, the fantasy would be incomplete.
Among the many things that the city of New York is known for, the use of ticker tape during major celebrations is probably one of those things that are taken for granted, even though it is perhaps one of the most visible and messy. The day was October 29, 1886. Citizens cluttered the streets and sidewalks of New York City while braving the bitter cold drizzle that dripped down from the sky. National banners waved from windows above while people peered down, watching as the rather dull procession proceeded down Fifty-Fifth Street, drudgingly marching along and at times making stops due to the mass congestion of people clogging the streets. The citizens stayed as cheerful as they could in such conditions, but the weather was testing their conduct. Then, the leading marching band blared out a tune and was accompanied by the click-clack of the naval and army brigades. The crowds were jolted with energy. Little children slithered their way through small gaps that allowed them to follow the procession, testing the patience of police officers who wielded clubs and hinted to the crowd to not get too wild. The parade grew larger as it moved. At one point, the crowds became so large that their overwhelming physical presence threatened to break down a wall that was guarding an area of excavation near Broadway.
Luckily, a courageous Irish fellow was able to prevent the pending disaster by warning the crowds. In order to make sure that the streets did not become too congested, the parade broke-off into smaller detachments. One of these detachments proceeded down Wall Street, which largely went about its business, though “pretty country cousins” and many strangers gaped in wonder as the detachment marched down the street. Finally, according to our New York Times reporter, “All this display was an inspiration to so many imps of office boys, who, from a hundred windows began to unreel the spools of tape that record the fateful message of the ‘ticker….’ Every window appeared to be a paper mill spouting out squirming lines of tape. Such was Wall-Street’s novel celebration.”
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Historical Evidence
YouTube has plenty of videos that capture the use of ticker tape during celebrations, which include New York City’s welcoming of General Douglas MacArthur, astronaut John Glenn and troops from the Desert Storm War in 1991. In addition, Time magazine’s Laura Fitzpatrick wrote an excellent article entitled “Brief History: Ticker-Tape Parades” about the history of ticker-tape parades on November 6th, 2009; this article is available online. For more information about the parade and access to a contemporary account, please visit www.nytimes.org and search for “The Sights and Sightseers.” For this fact and others, see also Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Plunges into History Again.
Bathroom Readers’ Hysterical Society. Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Plunges into History Again. Portable Press, 2004.
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I have never seen this statue
I have not seen the statue either.
I have not seen the statue either.
I have not seen the statue.
I have not seen the Statue of Liberty in person, but I did see it from an airplane once.
I have not seen the statue in person, but I have seen it from an airplane.
I have seen her. It is quite impressive and, believe it or not, it was quite a moving experience kind of like viewing Mount Rushmore or the Grand Canyon.
I have not seen the Statue of Liberty, but I definitely hope to someday!
I have not seen the Statue of Liberty yet but I hope to this upcoming summer.
yes I have seen Lady Liberty from an airplane view. I also watched a program on the history channel about the Statue of Liberty being a satanic symbol. Weird!!
No I have not seen the Statue of Liberty. Maybe I will see it some day.
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I saw the Statue of Liberty from afar–we went on a ferry ride past her, and that’s as close as I’ve gotten.
I have seen the Statue of Liberty. We visited New York 2 months after 9/11, no one was allowed to walk inside but I was able to still see her.
I have never seen the Statue of Liberty, only on tv
I have never seen the statue of liberty, in fact, I have never seen the east coast, as I am from Colorado
I have never been to New York and I have never saw the Statue of Liberty. I think that it would be awesome to see but personally, at this point in life, I have never saw it.
I have never seen the statue of liberty, only on T.V and in brochures. I hope to one day see it.
I’ve never been to the Big Apple either. It’s definitely on my top list of places to visit though.
Karin, never been to New York city but would like to visit Ellis island and the statue.
I’ve never been to the city, but I’m making plans to go in the next couple of years. I’ve heard that when the ticker-tape comes out it is quite a spectacle to behold. Can’t wait to see it.
I have only been to the smaller parts of NY (ski resorts, small towns/cities, mainstream hotels for events). I have yet to go to NYC and take in the city. A good friend of mine want me to go there with him and eventually get a penthouse over looking the city (he can dream right, and he might get it cause he is tenuous). It seems to me, it is an American Icon on all grounds from holidays to sports to history.
I have never seen the statue in person.
I have never seen the statue in person, although it would be pretty cool to do so.
I have not been to New York City to see the statue, however I know a few people who have and say it is amazing.
I have never seen the statue in person, but it would definitely be cool to be able to one day.
I have never seen the statue in person, however it could be something I would like to go see maybe one day.
The introduction makes me laugh.
This would have been very cool to see back then. I can’t imagine how much ticker tape would have been flying around.
I think the statue would be so cool and interesting to actually see if I ever make it up to New York!
I have never, in my entire life, heard of using the name ticker tape for a form of confetti.
I have never heard of the origin of confetti and didn’t know that it was ever called ticker tape.
Oh, how Cleveland longs for a winning team! Could you even imagine how much “tinker tape” would be used in the streets of Cleveland if the Browns won the Super Bowl?! Anyway, it would have been amazing to see this display by the people of New York.
I didn’t know ticker tape was confetti.
I went there during this winter break and it was amazing city. I could imagine the scene from this article.
I hope that one day I can be apart of an elaborate celebration like one of those.
I’m surprised and glad to learn the confetti and ticker tape. This is what is real remarkable and historical phenomena.
I have never heard of the ticker tape before. I would like to see the statue one day.
I did not realize that ticker tape was confetti, you learn something new every day.
Perhaps it has something to do with never having experienced confetti in person, but I never thought about its origins. It was interesting to learn them though.
I did not know that ticker tape was another name for confetti. It sounds a bit weird.
Its cool to learn that ticker tape/confetti was used for the first time for the dedication of the Statue of Liberty.
I didn’t know that confetti had this other name. Interesting to see that something so simple has such an involved history.
I’ve never heard of ticker tape before. I’ve never seen the Statue of Liberty in person. It sounds like a fun day in history.
I had never heard of ticker tape before, confetti seems like a much better name.
I never knew confetti was called ticker tape. I do plan on seeing the Statue of Liberty some day.
Interesting that ticker tape is another name for confetti, and I hope someday that I can see the statue of liberty.
The tradition starts! The ticker tape parade has been around now for almost a century and half now and one of my favorite forms of celebration of all time
it was new to find out that confetti first name was ticker tape that is pretty funny. But it was cool to have had for the dedication of the statue of liberty. I have seen the statue of liberty when i was younger
It is pretty funny that confetti, (paper!) wasn’t thought of until 1886, yet so many other inventions were about to come out at that time. I also think it’s funny that everyone was so excited to see paper fall from the sky! haha
its amazing how many things today we take for granite, and how it use to be a big thing a long time ago
I never knew ticker tape was the original name for confetti.
Cleveland fans did get a win with the Cavs! 🙂 It’s neat that we use Ticker Tape still today. We use the confetti for celebration still. Some things don’t change
I never knew confetti had this name but it is cool to learn about the past of it.
At first I was very confused what ” Ticker Tape ” was but now I know. I usually call it confetti though.
At first, I thought I had no clue what “Ticker Tape” was. But then I realized that it was confetti and I thought it was pretty cool to learn that it used to have a different name.
I did not know that confetti was called ticker tape. Interesting to learn that the first use of this was for the Statue of Liberty parade.
I have been to NYC yet missed the Statue of Liberty! Definitely my first stop next time I visit!
It’s awesome to say that we now have won the championship and even though it’s not the main point of the article, it is really cool to relate and add on to it! 🙂
I wish i could be apart of such a luxuriant occasion such as this.
It’s really weird they called confetti “Ticker Tape”
The terms they used to use are very different from what we use today.
Its weird because i don’t really associate “inventions” with things like confetti. When i think of inventions i think of machinery, tools, objects..
I didn’t know ticker tape was confetti until now.
I find the referral of confetti as “ticker tape” to be quite interesting. It’s no doubt that there are still huge parades today (NYC) with confetti just like there was in the past.
“Ticker Tape” although messy seems amazing.
The association between the tape described and our confetti is one I’ve never noticed before.
I have never considered the difference small things like ticker tape have made on the history of celebrations and parades!
Had no idea that ticker tape was actually confetti
I never knew of ticker tape or how it came to be a celebratory staple.
It was ironic that this article mentions the celebration of the Cleveland Cavaliers celebrating a conference win in 2007 and this past season they won the championship and the amount of ticker tape at that parade was incredible!
Ticker tape wasn’t quite like confetti we have today. Ticker tape was long thin strips of paper, like ribbon or tape, that had stock info printed on it. Ticker was from the sound the stock machines made. I like to watch old movies.
What an amazing portion of history that is used from so many celebrations. I never understood the tradtition
I never understood why we used confetti. What an interesting article.
I never even thought about why we use confetti…
They even recycled back then! I never knew it was ticker tape they used back then for confetti, what a great idea! It started a great tradition!!
We as Americans have always loved a celebration! I think this is such a cool piece of history. I have lived my whole life in a small town and love the idea of how major cities have smaller boroughs and neighborhoods. I love that a city-wide parade would have broken off for each little neighborhood to celebrate, too!!
I think it is great that they celebrated back then similarly to how we celebrate today. I did not know that they used ticker tape instead of confetti. I was not sure what ticker tape was until after reading this article.
I have never given a thought to the concept of having and using confetti at our celebrations and parties now… The tradition makes no sense now that I think about it. This article was great to read and understand a little more about its background.
I like that the celebration practices they used in the past are still used in today’s times. It would be beneficial to the environment if we used recycled paper for confetti instead of what we use today.
It’s interesting to see that not much has changed for celebrations in New York. Before reading this article, I had never even heard of ticker tape. I also never thought of how the tradition of confetti started.
it’s interesting to me that celebrations have not changed that much in NYC, I had heard of ticker tape before in the use of it on New Years Eve when they drop the ball at midnight. It was interesting to read about the tradition of how it came to become!
I can relate to the author of this article because I just went to a similar event in Cleveland, Ohio. This summer I went to the similarly, confetti filled NBA championship parade.
Not much has changed since then. Parades are very similar now a days compared to back then.
I really liked how the author related the ticker-tape to the NBA Eastern Conference finals. I can relate to the article because I vividly remember when the Cavaliers beat the Detroit Pistons in this championship game. Ticker Tape is used for practically every sporting event these days.
After reading this article, I realized how amazing it is to think about how such a small invention such as ticker tape is so widely used and how it is represented.
This article was kinda cute. It is interesting to hear about the origin of such a thing as “ticker tape”. I do not think I would have ever known this if I had not read this article. It makes me wonder about where other little things actually came from.
After reading this article, I want to say that don’t underestimate any small invention. Ticker tape as a very small invention even changed people’s lifestyle at that time. This is the power and charm of invention.
Most of the small inventions were still useful right now. They might be improved to be another look but I need to remember that how these people and invention make our life better.
Learning about how something as small as ticker-tape can be so useful and improved is such a cool concept. Who would have thought that such a small invention would have such a big outcome!
I had no idea what ticker tape was until I read this article. It’s nice reading these articles and learning more about inventions.
I had never heard of ticker tape before reading this article. I enjoyed hearing how the invention came to be, and in a sense became a pretty big significance at the time.
It was interesting to read this article because I had no idea what a ticker tape was.
I didn’t even know what ticker tape was before this article.
Wow this is so interesting, didn’t know what ticker tape was before reading this article. It was great to learn about the history of those “squirming lines of tape”.
I did not know what ticker tape was before reading this. It was interesting to see how one invention led to another one.
Today, most people do not think twice when they see confetti falling from the sky during parades and celebrations. I’m also sure that just the added affects of the confetti or in this case “ticker tape” make the celebrations seem so much more wild. I wonder what made the people on Wall Street throw the tape out of their windows in celebration.
Now Cleveland fans can remember a great parade as well! However, I don’t think the same type of ticker tape was used.
Having attended the 2016 NBA Championship in Cleveland, I thought that the Cavs reference was awesome in this article. The entire city was sprayed with thousands of pounds of confetti! I had no idea what ticker tape was before reading this article, and even after I began reading, I was unsure. I would be interested to see the difference, even just from 2007 to now in 2016.
This is so interesting especially since I am currently wearing the championship t-shirt
I dont have any idea but it is good brand.
Many of the younger people know ticker tape as confetti. it is very similar and used for celebrations. It is ironic that the author used the Cavs as a reference since they just won the championship last year.
I never knew when the first ticker tape parade took place. It is interesting how throwing ticker tape, and then later confetti, became a symbol of celebration.
It really is hard to imagine any large scale celebration without ticker tape, I found it interesting to learn a bit of the origins of the use of it in parades.
I had no idea ticker tape was a historical thing. I feel like its a pretty insignificant piece of history, but that is just my opinion. Celebrations would not be as memorable without the confetti and “ticker tape” I will admit that.
I love the name ticker tape! It’s clever to hear that people found other uses for things, like ticker tape, such as we do today with DIY projects or even Pinterest. As ideas are shared today on social media its neat to see that someones creative idea spread over the country to be used as a symbol of a celebration.
Ticker tape is such a big part of celebrations today. It is interesting to hear a story about something different in our history.
I have also been a North East Ohio native my entire life (Mentor). This past summer when the Cavaliers won the championship, I was in the streets of Cleveland for the celebration parade. Based on the article about the first use of ticker tape and comparing it to my experience this summer in Cleveland, I completely understand the electric energy of the crowd’s excitement when ticker tape was debuted in the streets of New York City during the Statue of Liberty dedication.
It’s funny to read this article that describes the way the city of Cleveland would celebrate if a sport’s team won a championship for that city I think that even this article knew how the city would celebrate once they won. So see how the celebration went for the Cleveland Cavaliers, I wouldn’t be able to imagine a celebration without having the ticker tape. It really brightens the mood of a crowd who is already feeling great.
Well, the Cleveland cavaliers pulled through for us in 2016! We indeed did have a huge victory celebration. This was a very interesting read, quite frankly a parade is not a parade without ticker tape. This tape brings out the true celebration.
Dear Jeffrey,
Do you think they’ll win again this year?
Sincerely,
Major Dan
Interesting how ticker tape is apart of our history and is used in many big celebrations. To hear the history of ticker tape and how it came about and now knowing exactly what it is as I didn’t know before reading this article.
A great example of a simple historic event that has lived on for many years. Shaping the evolution of celebrations from the largest to smallest of events. Leading to the manufacturing of canned confetti, party poppers, spray string, and the sort.
Being an accounting major I can’t help but feel a little bit of joy and humor knowing that the famous ticker-tape parades came from stock brokers on wall street celebrating the dedication of one of our most iconic symbols in America by unrolling spools of ticker tape.
It is an odd way to celebrate by making a mess of the area by throwing spools of paper, but it is an impressive sight to see. Having a common goal and celebrating it is what makes America so great. The ticker also helps create jobs.
It was not surprising to me that first ticker tape parade was in New York City, because during those times New York City was the gateway into the United States. The first individual to be honored with a ticker tape parade was Admiral G. Dewey in 1899, after the battle of Manila Bay. One act from employees throwing ticker tape out their office windows to join in the celebration in 1886, now become part of every big parade in U.S., I bet they never thought of that when they did it back then.
I completely understand wanting to celebrate a homecoming or other big event but I never used to understand why the use of ticker tape was even thought of. It causes a great mess, however, someone has to clean it up so it creates jobs. Silver lining?
The people throwing it are not the ones that have to clean it up! Apparently city officials do not mind the clean up because of the spectacle and positive attention it creates for New York City.
The amount of clean up after these types of celebrations would be tremendous, some traditions like this that developed are both surprising and wonderful at the same time. What a sight that must have been.
Actually before this I never knew what ticker tape was. How funny is it that they used the cavaliers for the idea back in 2007 and just last year they won it all. So Cleveland had to deal with all the crowds and how to maintain it so the parade could go on. So look that’s a sign of history for Ohio and Cleveland.
All it took was the dedication of the Statue of Liberty on October 29, 1886 in the city of New York to create another type of mess for city workers to clean up. Like they do not have enough to do after a parade. It might be nice to look at, but it seems to be more of a hassle.
Think of the millions of dollars made from selling little souvenir Statues of Liberty!
It is interesting how ticker tape has now become confetti. Being from Ohio I like how they gave the compared the Cavaliers in Cleveland to the dedication of the Statue of Liberty. For many in Ohio the celebration felt as large especially after their most recent win.
Interesting article I never knew that this is where confetti came from. Hopefully we will see more confetti flying in Ohio for the CAVS or the Buckeyes would be great.
One of the biggest ticker tape parades was for Lucky Lindbergh when he returned from Europe after making the first transAtlantic flight in 1927.
Lindbergh did not make the first Transatlantic flight. He made the first solo Transatlantic flight.
Sorry. I live in the Cincinnati area. We know very little about ticker-tape parades in this part of the state. We do know how to grasp defeat from the jaws of victory with our sports teams, though.
Are you sure you don’t live in Cleveland???
LOL. I’ve had the fortune (or maybe misfortune) of only living in the two most star-crossed sports cities in the nation (Cincinnati and Atlanta). I haven’t been able to celebrate one of my teams winning a championship since 1995 (I am hoping that will change, with Ashland’s women’s basketball team playing for the national championship tomorrow night)! Thought that was going to change while watching the Super Bowl last month, but we all know how that ended up. The very jaded sports fan that resides in me just KNEW the Falcons were going to lose that game. We are just accustomed to losing when the lights are the brightest. See Reds, Bengals, Falcons, etc.
This was an interesting little article. I can’t say i have ever wondered about ticker tape. I chalk it up to learning something new everyday i suppose.
I would have loved to be part of the celebration in New York City on October 29, 1886. I’m sure it was an experience for all who were a part of it. Ticker tape does add to the experience of the celebration, but it’s a real mess to clean up. I would not want to be part of the sanitation department tasked with cleaning it all up!
This article was really interesting.
The things you never think about! I can only imagine the feeling and experience you would have to be part of the celebration! I have never had personal experiences with ticker tape, but I would assume it would add excitement to the experience.
I am not sure I have even heard of ticker tape. I have always wanted to be apart of celebrations like this.
LOL.. I’ve never heard of ticker tape either! And like Sean Merritt stated, I too, have wanted to take part in celebrations such as these!
I think it was really interesting to read about the ticket tape, I had not heard of them before. Its amazing seeing how far we have come.
I have never heard of “ticker tape” before this article! I think it is truly amazing to see how far such a small gesture of celebration has come. I have never had a personal experience with it, nevertheless I feel like it would be a very nice experience.
I’ve heard of it being called numerous things from streamers to confetti, but never ticker tape.
This is a cool fact to keep in my back pocket for trivia night! It seems that what was more than likely viewed as an act of littering and destruction, later turned into a cultural norm. Interesting!
I have never even heard of ticker tape before! This was such an interesting fact to learn. I can only imagine the mess left behind!
I’ve never considered where confetti and streamers come from, now i know! Ticker tape!
I thought the first ticker taper parade was after WW2 with the iconic sailor kissing a nurse, boy was I wrong. Even though it can be considered littering ticker tape parades are a bunch of fun!!
The people fell in love with the atmosphere of the ticker tape. Technology made it obsolete but the fun remained with substituting confetti. Bright colors and shiny textures are always happy!
I have never been heard of ticker tape parade after World War 2, I like how a courageous Irish was brave enough to prevent the pending disaster by warning many people on the street.
I always wondered where the term “ticker tape” came from. Now I know. Pretty interesting.
I know many people are supporting on Cleveland side. I like the brave Irish was able to warning people on street to tell them there was a pending disaster coming.
I wonder what inspired line of thinking struck the person who first thought to rain down ticker tape on the parade, but it’s neat that different offices on Wall Street joined in to make the celebration something to remember. I’m sure the clean-up crew wasn’t thrilled, though!
This was pretty cool. I like the idea of the ticker-tape raining down on the people. It made for a good image to think of in my head.
This was a very interesting read. It’s something I would have never even thought to look into, but it’s nice information to know. The people who first sent down the ticker tape must’ve been very creative people.
It was interesting to read that the first use of ticker-tape was at a parade celebrating the dedication of the Statue of Liberty. Before reading this article, I didn’t even know what ticker-tape was. It’s interesting to see that this is how confetti came to be. Although, I think the Cleveland Cavaliers beating Golden State in the 2016 NBA Finals would now be considered the biggest celebration we’ve ever had in Northeast Ohio, and I definitely remember all of the confetti!
I like that ticker tape was used for such a monumental day. I think the Statue of Liberty is such and important piece of our country. People still paraded the streets of New York in the bad weather just to see the dedication of the Statue.
I have never been to a large city before, nor have I seem the use of ticker tape, however, from watching television shows and various parades on holidays I really like the idea. It makes that particular celebration feel special and bright and cheery.
I think it was cool to learn that the first use of the ticker-tape was in dedication of the Statue of Liberty. It truly is a masterpiece of our history!!
This was the first time I have heard of tinker tape, but I now know that it is confetti. I thought it was cool that this was first used during a parade for the statue of liberty.
First I’ve heard of “tinker tape” too!
I never knew that confetti was called ticker tape back in the day. Also, we can rest in peace knowing that Cleveland finally got to see ticker tape from winning an actual championship!
I have never heard of ticker tape before so this article is very neat. I think it is very fitting that we used it for the first time when celebrating the Statue of Liberty because it is a very special and designated symbol for our country.
“circles of sports fans continue to dream about the day that one of Cleveland’s sports teams will celebrate winning a major championship.” A glorious time for Cleveland fans
I love this article because I love New York! I visited for the first time last summer, and it was a dream come true. Lady Liberty was one of the highlights, so it’s interesting to learn about her history.
It is pretty cool that the first use of “ticker tape” was reserved for such a big event! Also, interesting to learn a new, or old, name for confetti.
I think it is insane that a crowd can get so huge that it has problems sticking together and going in different ways. I really want to be in a parade like that!
It is amazing the sheer size conjured up within the parade. I’m also really interested in the specific Irish fellow who managed to prevent a disaster!
It’s crazy that there were so many people that they almost broke down a wall!
The idea of throwing confetti around sounds really cool and amazing to see, but it makes me wonder how long after they believe it was all cleaned up were people still finding little bits and pieces.
It is pretty cool that the tradition to honor people with parades began and was practiced so long ago and that the ticker-tape was the way they indicated respect.
I’ve never heard of ticker tape. It’s interesting how something as simple as that has a history behind it all. I love that the tradition of parades is so similar nowadays as it was in the past.
I had never known that confetti used to be called ticker tape back in the day. Throwing all that confetti around sounds like a lot of fun but I just wonder how long it took to clean up
I was unaware that confetti was previously called ticker tape. I also think it is very cool that it came from many boys throwing tape out of their windows during a parade.
I think it is fascinating that something that started that long ago is still going on today and will probably keep going on for many years to come.
I enjoyed reading about New York because I have never been there. I would love to go and learn more about the history of the state
I think it is interesting that confetti used to be called ‘ticker tape’ & it originated from boys throwing tame out of their windows during a parade.
Its funny how our culture can be made up of things like kids throwing tape out of their windows. After starting with that, we now have confetti which is used all across the country and globe.
Finding out about how something as little as ticker-tape can be so helpful and enhanced is such a cool idea. Who might have felt that such a little innovation would have such a major result!
Something so small as the use of ticker tape does actually make every celebration complete. It’s a tradition to be raining confetti after a major victory or cause for celebration.
This is the first time I have learned that confetti was called ticker tape! And that it was named from the boys throwing the tape out of the window.
I’ve never heard of it before, and I haven’t used any video tape. It’s only on tv. I think that’s a good idea. It makes this special celebration feel special, and then it makes sense.
That is interesting I didnt know the invention of the ticker tape parade was in celebration of the Statue of Liberty. I knew it began in New York but did not know how or why.