Thousands of New England Patriots fans on Wednesday cheered their team's Super Bowl victory at a parade in the Massachusetts capital.

The Boston Globe reported Patriots owner Robert Kraft held the Lombardi Trophy aloft as he and his players celebrated atop open-air amphibious duck boats that moved from the Prudential Tower to Tremont Street and toward City Hall Plaza, the newspaper detailed.

At the city's central square, a large crowd waited for its heroes, who arrived just before 1 p.m.

Patriots fan Wilshon Changasie, who was standing at the intersection of Boylston and Tremont streets, underlined the special relationship between the team's players and its supporters.

"It's amazing," he told the Boston Globe. "They're congratulating us as we congratulate them."

Tom Brady was receiving "all the love" from fans, CBS Boston noted, especially because the quarterback took his young son along for the ride. The 37-year-old, who since 2009 has been married to Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen, received a dozen or so marriage proposals from fans both male and female.

Local weather had prevented the parade from being held closer to Sunday's Super Bowl victory as Boston was affected by record-breaking snowfall during the past seven days. More than 3 feet had piled up, leading Mayor Marty Walsh to set the event for today to give crews time to dig out from a Monday storm that brought over a foot of additional white.

The mayor tweeted Wednesday morning that the city had removed some 1,250 truckloads of snow overnight, but the weather did not seem to worry fans.

"I'm freezing, but it's been great. It's exciting," Annie Cushing, of Quincy, Massachusetts, told USA Today.

Cushing was wearing a Rob Gronkowski jersey and a homemade Lombardi trophy hat made of tin foil and tape, the newspaper added.

Patriots players and managers, meanwhile, said they appreciated their hometown's support.

"The crowd was so incredible (and) enthusiastic," Kraft told WBZ-TV's Dan Roche after the parade. "What (the fans) did today was unbelievable."