Officials estimate 3 million people will be in attendance.
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But he doesn’t know of anyone who didn’t want their children to walk the parade from Central Park to Macy’s department store.
Pamela and Tom Popp of Ridgefield, New Jersey told the AP they’ve come to the city every year for the parade for at least 20 years.
“So super excited to be here”, another said.
Heavy security was remarkably noticeable, not only because of the helicopters hovering overhead and the hundreds of officers walking along the crowded city blocks, but also in the parade itself as a van with armed personnel on board drove Sixth Avenue.
For Arthur Galea, getting to Detroit on Thanksgiving for the city’s annual parade has been a 65-year tradition.
Thousands of people on the streets of this metropolis and millions more via television enjoyed the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and its giant balloons on Thursday morning, an event that unfolded amid tight security but without incident.
Mayor Bill de Blaio says the event kicks off a season of appreciation.
The Stephen F. Austin State University Lumberjack Marching Band, from Nacogdoches, Texas is chartering two planes to ferry the 304 men and women taking part all the way to NY. “I’m really looking forward to going to the MET and seeing all of the famous paintings in real life, and then the public library with the lions out front, and just see how big everything is in Times Square.”, Grace Watson said.
Americans mark the annual Thanksgiving holiday Thursday with family gatherings, meals, parades, fun runs and bargain shopping. Police were patrolling in record numbers.
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Indeed, the Thanksgiving Parade celebration did not fail to entertain and give hope to people that peace and security are still possible despite the imminent threat of terrorism across the globe.
