USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -History of the Macy’s Parade. Macy’s staged its first Thanksgiving Day parade in 1924. That year it was called the Macy’s Christmas Parade, and it followed a route from 145th Street and Convent Avenue to the Macy’s store at 34th Street and Broadway.

Detailed explanation-2: -But how did this parade get started, and how has it grown over the years into the biggest Thanksgiving Day spectacle in America? The first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade was held in 1924.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1924, store employees marched to Macy’s Herald Square, the 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, Santa Claus was welcomed into Herald Square.

Detailed explanation-4: -A group of animals from the Central Park Zoo marched down a street in Harlem accompanied by a very special group of people: a handful of immigrant Macy’s employees, who wanted to express how thankful they were for living in the United States that year. And thus, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade was born.