After all of the speeches, and the videos, and the cheers, and the tears, and a historic speech by Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, there was still one final order of business Thursday night at the Democratic National Convention -- the balloon drop.
And what a drop it was. By the time they finished falling from the sky, the crowd had to nearly wade through a lake of red, white and blue to exit the Wells Fargo Center.
The massive balloon barrage also led to some entertaining moments on stage: