macy's thanksgiving day parade was created in 1924.
who created the macy's thanksgiving day parade?
1924
in 1924, the annual thanksgiving parade started in newark, new jersey by louis bamberger at the bamberger's store was transferred to new york city by macy's. in new york, the employees marched to macy's flagship store on 34th street dressed in vibrant costumes. there were floats, professional bands and live animals borrowed from the central park zoo. at the end of that first parade, as has been the case with every parade since, santa claus was welcomed into herald square. at this first parade, santa was enthroned on the macy's balcony at the 34th street store entrance, where he was then crowned "king of the kiddies." with an audience of over 250,000 people, the parade was such a success that macy's declared it would become an annual event.
macy's thanksgiving day parade
the 6abc dunkin' donuts thanksgiving day parade is an annual thanksgiving day parade held in philadelphia, pennsylvania, which is currently sponsored and aired by abc owned-and-operated television station wpvi-tv, through a co-sponsorship agreement with restaurant chain dunkin' donuts. it is currently the oldest thanksgiving parade in the united states, and had held the event through the great depression & world war ii years. it was formerly known as the 6abc ikea thanksgiving day parade, 6abc boscov's thanksgiving day parade, channel 6 mellon psfs thanksgiving day parade, channel 6 mastercard thanksgiving day parade and originally the gimbels thanksgiving day parade until gimbels department store closed operations in 1986.
6abc dunkin' donuts thanksgiving day parade