Let's Have a Parade!: Celebrating 100 Macy's Parades and the Making of an American Holiday Tradition

Celebrate the 100th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade with this lavishly illustrated look at the history of the parade through 100 special performances, iconic balloons and floats, and treasured memories, as well as a peek behind the scenes to see how balloons are made, and so much more. Ready? Let’s have a parade!

On the morning of November 27, 1924, a group of Macy’s colleagues gathered at 145th Street in Harlem. Dressed in costumes and accompanied by animals from the Central Park Zoo, they m...