Crowds Of 1.5 Million Descend On Boston For Pats' Parade

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced that the Patriots' Super Bowl victory parade drew 1.5 million people to Boston on Tuesday, "the largest parade crowd in recent memory" (TWITTER.com, 2/5). Players and their families rode duck boats and "waved to revelers." The boats began rolling from Hynes Convention Center around 11:18am ET and "came to a stop roughly 90 minutes later at City Hall Plaza." Players "tossed footballs" to fans and "signed autographs when they disembarked from the vessels." Patriots President Jonathan Kraft was "among the many team representatives who held the Vince Lombardi Trophy aloft." Team Owner Robert Kraft "wore a massive diamond necklace that said 'Championships,'" a gift from rapper Meek Mill (BOSTONGLOBE.com, 2/5).