victory parades
Winners' public processions
Victory parades are public processions celebrating military triumph or major achievement.
Soldiers march through city streets while crowds cheer.
The tradition extends to championship sports teams parading through their home city: The team's victory parade drew two million fans.
The phrase sometimes appears ironically for premature celebrations: They're already planning the victory parade.
- V-E DayMay 1945 armistice commemoration
- Nazi GermanyHitler's fascist dictatorship
- streamersDecorative hanging ribbons
- New York CityAmerica's largest city
- Main StreetTown's central thoroughfare
ticker-tape parades · liberation · motorcade · armistice · homecoming · laurels · national anthems · military bands · brass bands · surrender · confetti · honor guards · war memorials · medal ceremonies · veterans · war heroes · ticker tape · heroes
- wartimerationing, war economy, war bonds, war effort, evacuations
- public rejoicingparades, fireworks, festivals, carnivals, parties
- sports fandomfans, fan chants, foam finger, jersey, fan clubs
- triumph celebrationstriumphal arches, laurel wreaths, fanfares, cheering, confetti
- postwarrebuilding, demobilization, peace treaties, treaty signing, war reparations
- war imagerybattle scenes, combat footage, war photos, battle maps, war maps
victory paradesfuneral processions
Ceremonial mourning convoys
surrenders · capitulations · memorial services · requiems · walks of shame
victory paradesfuneral marches
Music for burial processions
death marches · vigils · wakes · dirges · lamentations
victory paradesforced marches
Compelled rapid military travel
exile · rout · show trials · unconditional surrender · reparations