Balloon Ascension Day takes place each year on January 9 and is an international day to celebrate balloons of all kinds. The date was designated Balloon Ascension Day, after Jean Pierre Blanchard became the first man to successfully ascend in a balloon on the North American Continent. The original Balloon Ascension Day happened on Jan 9, 1793, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with Blanchard landing in Woodbury, New Jersey.

This event helped to spread the fascination of ballooning.

At the time of it’s inception, Balloon Ascension Day was only meant for the large, hydrogen-filled, silk balloons of the time but it has since expanded to include all kinds of balloons. The day is now for the recognition of all balloons, from small, helium-filled party balloons, to the massive, hot air balloons that have become commercially successful in modern times.

Blanchard made history and created the basis for Balloon Ascension day. Ballooning may have lost popularity and prestige as the most advanced man-made flying machine, Balloon Ascension Day promises to keep Blanchard’s important achievement in memory and serves to recognize the wonder and simplicity of flight through ballooning.

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