Get First Department Store To Hold Thanksgiving Parade Background. This site is using cookies under cookie policy. Penney's (c) gimbel's (d) macy's (e) none of the above.
Which president was the first to establish thanksgiving as a legal national holiday to be held the 4th thursday in november?
So thanksgiving for me is about giving thanks, and really embracing loved ones and things. The fork was introduced 10 years later by governor winthrop of massachusetts, but the gimbels parade, now known as the 6abc dunkin' donuts thanksgiving day parade, was first held in philadelphia in 1920. Many other large american cities also have thanksgiving day parades. Gimbels (philadelphia, 1920), macy's (new york city, 1924).