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The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is an annual parade in New York City presented by the American-based department store chain Macy's.The Parade first took place in 1924, [2]: 9 tying it for the second-oldest Thanksgiving parade in the United States with America's Thanksgiving Parade in Detroit (with both parades being four years younger than Philadelphia's Thanksgiving Day Parade).
So, sit back, relax, and take a fun trip down memory lane just in time for the parade, which airs on NBC at 8:30 A.M. Thanksgiving Day, November 28th, 2024. 1928
These vintage Thanksgiving photos show the parades, food preparation, and fanfare from the 1920s to the 1990s.
The first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade took place in November 1924. Take a look at photos showing how it's evolved over the last 100 years. The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is turning 100.
The company is known for creating the oldest Thanksgiving parade, the Gimbels Thanksgiving Day Parade, originating in 1920 in Philadelphia. Gimbels was also considered the chief rival of Macy's with their feud popularized in American culture. As of 1930, Gimbels had grown to 20 stores, whose sales revenue made it the largest department store ...
In 1957, the Radio City Rockettes performed in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade for the very first time, and they have performed there every year since. [5] For decades, they performed exclusively in the parade and at Radio City Music Hall, with the exception of the Paris Exposition in 1937, at which their sixteen-minute piece won the Grand ...
The parade was broadcast on local TV for the first time in 1946 (it also had a record crowd of 2 million people), followed by national coverage in 1947. Getty Images Pomp and circumstance
Thanksgiving Parade may refer to the following annual parades that take place on Thanksgiving Day currently, previously, or originally presented by department stores: 6abc Dunkin' Donuts Thanksgiving Day Parade , a parade held in Philadelphia, started in 1920, originally presented by Gimbels