List of objects dropped on New Year's Eve

 

Many cities and towns in the United States drop objects on New Year's Eve in imitation of the famous "ball drop" conducted annually at midnight on December 31 in Times Square. Although some of the objects may seem peculiar, practically all relate to some aspect of local history, geography, or culture.

United States

Arizona

• Flagstaff, Arizona - a pine cone [1]
• Tempe, Arizona - an illuminated sunburst [2]

Arkansas

• Fayetteville, Arkansas - a hog [3]

California

• Orange County, California - an orange [4]

Florida

• Key West, Florida - a conch shell, a pirate wench and a drag queen in a red high-heel shoe [5]
• Miami, Florida - an orange [6]

Georgia

• Atlanta, Georgia - an 8' tall and 8' wide, over 800-pound peach [7]
• Tallapoosa, Georgia - an opossum [8]

Kansas

• Manhattan, Kansas - an apple-shaped aluminum ball [9]

Maine

• Bangor, Maine - a beach ball decorated with lights [10]
• Eastport, Maine - a sardine [11]

Maryland

• Easton, Maryland - a crab [12]
• Havre de Grace, Maryland - a wooden duck
• Ocean City, Maryland - a beach ball [13]

Michigan

• Marquette, Michigan - a ball

New Jersey

• Point Pleasant, New Jersey - a mossbunker fish

New York

• Buffalo, New York - a lighted ball
• Buffalo, New York - a Ford Edge automobile [14]
• New York City - 1,070-pound (485-kilogram) Waterford Crystal ball (See Times Square Ball)
• New York City - a lighted ukelele [15]

North Carolina

• Brasstown, North Carolina - a live opossum in a cage [16]

• Mount Olive, North Carolina - a pickle [17]
• Raleigh, North Carolina - a 900-pound brass acorn [18]

Ohio

• Elmore, Ohio - a sausage [19]
• Port Clinton, Ohio - a walleye fish, named "Captain Wylie Walleye" [20]

Oklahoma

• Oklahoma City - a lighted ball is actually raised.

Pennsylvania

• Akron, Pennsylvania - a purple-and-gold shoe [21]
• Bethlehem, Pennsylvania - a giant Peep
• Blain, Pennsylvania - a cow made of wood, dropped from a silo [22]
• Carlisle, Pennsylvania - an Indy car [23]
• Cleona, Pennsylvania - a pretzel (discontinued for 2006) [24]
• Dillsburg, Pennsylvania a pickle [25]
• Duncannon, Pennsylvania - a sled [26]
• Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania - a giant M&M [27]
• Falmouth, Pennsylvania - a stuffed goat [28]
• Frogtown, Pennsylvania - a frog [29]
• Gratz, Pennsylvania - a wildcat [30]
• Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - a strawberry [31]
• Hershey, Pennsylvania - a Hershey Kiss replica (raised)
• Hummelstown, Pennsylvania - a lollipop [32]
• Lancaster, Pennsylvania - a red rose (raised) [33]
• Lebanon, Pennsylvania - a large Lebanon bologna stick [34]
• Lititz, Pennsylvania - a Moravian star (raised) [35]
• Liverpool, Pennsylvania - a canal boat [36]
• Manheim, Pennsylvania - a ball (raised) [37]
• Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania - a wrench [38]
• Middletown, Pennsylvania - a SPHOCTAGON http://middletownborough.com/Matters/2005_fall/NewYearsCelebration.asp]
• New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania - a huckleberry [39]
• New Oxford, Pennsylvania - an antique trunk [40]
• Newport, Pennsylvania - a plywood hard hat http://www.abc27.com/news/stories/1206/383650.html]
• Newville, Pennsylvania - a big spring [41]
• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania- a ball which looked like the planet earth, made of recycled materials (raised) [42]
• Pottsville, Pennsylvania - a bottle of Yuengling beer (raised) [43]
• Red Lion, Pennsylvania - a wooden cigar held by a lion (raised) [44]
• Richland, Pennsylvania - a cigar [45]
• Seven Valleys, Pennsylvania - a broasted chicken [46]
• Shippensburg, Pennsylvania - an anchor [47]
• Steelton, Pennsylvania - a steamroller [48]
• Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania - a chunk of coal that turns into a diamond at the bottom (discontinued) [49]
• York, Pennsylvania - a white rose

Tennessee

• Gatlinburg, Tennessee - a ball [50]
• Nashville, Tennessee - a guitar (discontinued) [51]

Texas

• Austin, Texas- a Star representing the Lone Star State (however, this may have been retired as of 2006; the transition to 2007 was a simple mirrored ball.)
• Houston, Texas- a Star

Virginia

• Fredericksburg, Virginia - an illuminated pear [52]

Wisconsin

• Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin - a carp

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