The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is an annual parade in New York Citypresented by the American department store chain Macy’s. While not the first such event held in the United States, the Macy’s Parade has become an iconic pop culture tradition watched by tens of millions each year. The parade was first held 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). The three-hour parade is held in Manhattan, ending outside Macy’s Herald Square, and takes place from 8:30 a.m. to noon Eastern Standard Time on Thanksgiving Day, and has been televised nationally on NBC since 1953.
The 100th anniversary of the first parade was 2024. Since the parade was canceled during World War II (1942–1944), the 100th parade will take place in 2026.
