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America's Thanksgiving Parade (officially America's Thanksgiving Parade presented by Gardner-White through 2035) is an annual American parade held in downtown Detroit, Michigan each Thanksgiving Day from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EST.
The parade kicks off at Woodward Avenue and Kirby Street in Midtown at 8:45 a.m. Thursday, according to The Parade Company, a Detroit-based nonprofit that produces America's Thanksgiving Parade.
Here's a look at details ahead of the 97th America's Thanksgiving Parade, including parking, sponsors, Detroit weather and more.
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 ...
America's Thanksgiving Parade presented by Gardner White stepped off around 8:45 a.m. at Kirby and Woodward with a balloon of Big Bird from "Sesame Street," carried by volunteers with Trion Solutions.
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The festival began in 1959. It is organized by the Parade Company, a well sponsored not-for-profit organization governed by the Michigan Thanksgiving Parade Foundation. Traditionally, several days of events were planned, ending with one of the world's largest fireworks displays, [13] sponsored by Target. In prior years, the fireworks display ...
Map of the Thanksgiving weather forecast for 2024. ... the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade went ahead as scheduled despite the forecast, and packed crowds of spectators donned ponchos and ...