List of objects dropped on New Year's Eve

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

Contents 1 Arizona 2 California 3 Georgia 4 Florida 5 Kansas 6 Maine 7 Maryland 8 Michigan 9 New Jersey 10 New York 11 North Carolina 12 Ohio 13 Pennsylvania 14 Tennessee 15 Virginia 16 Wisconsin

[edit] Arizona

• Flagstaff, Arizona - a pine cone
• Tempe, Arizona - a tortilla chip into a jar of salsa

[edit] California

• Orange County, California - an orange

[edit] Georgia

• Atlanta, Georgia - a peach
• Cornelia, Georgia - an apple

[edit] Florida

• Key West, Florida - a conch shell, a pirate wench and a red high-heel shoe
• Miami, Florida - an orange

[edit] Kansas

• Manhattan, Kansas - a 5-foot (1.5-meter) aluminum ball

[edit] Maine

• Bangor, Maine - a purple beach ball decorated with Christmas lights.

[edit] Maryland

• Ocean City, Maryland - a beach ball
• Havre de Grace, Maryland - a duck decoy

[edit] Michigan

• Marquette, Michigan - a metal ball

[edit] New Jersey

• Point Pleasant, New Jersey - a mossbunker fish

[edit] New York

• Buffalo - Lit ball similar to the one dropped in New York City.
• New York City - 1,070-pound (485-kilogram) Waterford Crystal ball
• Orange County - Motorcycle wheel
• Greenport, Suffolk County - an anchor

[edit] North Carolina

• Brasstown, North Carolina - a live opossum in a cage
• Mount Olive, North Carolina - a pickle
• Raleigh, North Carolina - an acorn
• Charlotte, North Carolina - a large crown

[edit] Ohio

• Port Clinton, Ohio - a walleye fish, named "Captain Wylie Walleye"

[edit] Pennsylvania

• Cleona, Pennsylvania - a pretzel
• Dillsburg, Pennsylvania a pickle
• Duncannon, Pennsylvania - a sled
• Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania - a giant M&M
• Falmouth, Pennsylvania - a stuffed goat
• Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - a strawberry
• Hanover, Pennsylvania - a black rose (discontinued)
• Hummelstown, Pennsylvania - a lollipop
• Lancaster, Pennsylvania - a red rose
• Lebanon, Pennsylvania - a bologna
• Liverpool, Pennsylvania - a canal boat
• Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania - a wrench
• New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania - a huckleberry
• Newville, Pennsylvania - spring
• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania- a Heinz Ketchup bottle
• Pottsville, Pennsylvania - a bottle of Yuengling beer
• Red Lion, Pennsylvania - a cigar
• Shippensburg, Pennsylvania - an anchor
• Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania - a chunk of coal that turns into a diamond at the bottom
• York, Pennsylvania - a white rose

[edit] Tennessee

• Knoxville, Tennessee - ball, but the ball will rise instead of fall.

[edit] Virginia

• Fredericksburg, Virginia - two pears

[edit] Wisconsin

• Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin - a carp