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Macy's parade

The Question: When was the first Macy's Parade? The Answer: The first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade took place in Manhattan in 1924. Helium…

Thanksgiving Day Parade

A holiday tradition celebrates its 75th anniversary Photos provided by Gerry Brown Related Links Thanksgiving Movies NYCtourist.com Parade Info Parade Map and Viewing Tips…

Brewer's: Prayer-book Parade

The promenade in fashionable watering-places and other places of resort, after morning service on Sundays till luncheon or early dinner-time. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…

Arno, Peter

(Encyclopedia) Arno, PeterArno, Peterärˈnō [key], 1904–68, American cartoonist, b. New York City. Arno's satirical cartoons appeared in the New Yorker from 1925 until his death. He achieved a…

Champ-de-Mars

(Encyclopedia) Champ-de-MarsChamp-de-MarsshäN-də-märs [key], former parade ground of Paris, France, between the École militaire and the Seine River. There, at the Fête de la Fédération (July 14, 1790…

Tempelhof

(Encyclopedia) TempelhofTempelhoftĕmˈpəlhôf [key], district of Berlin, Germany. A workers' residential quarter and a film-production center, it became part of the U.S. occupation sector after 1945.…

Blume, Peter

(Encyclopedia) Blume, PeterBlume, Peterbl&oomacr;m [key], 1906–92, American painter, b. Russia. Blume immigrated to the United States in 1911. In his early work, such as The Parade (1930; Mus. of…

Mooney, Thomas J.

(Encyclopedia) Mooney, Thomas J., 1883–1942, American labor agitator, b. Chicago. He was an active leader in several violent labor struggles in California before 1916 and was convicted as a…

Glackens, William James

(Encyclopedia) Glackens, William James, 1870–1938, American landscape and genre painter and illustrator, b. Philadelphia. An illustrator for Philadelphia and New York City newspapers and magazines…

palomino horse

(Encyclopedia) palomino horse, American light horse that, contrary to popular opinion, is not a breed but a color type. The palomino is a characteristic golden, creamy tan, with an almost white mane…