This is one of my favorite holidays (second only to Halloween). Not because of turkey and pumpkin pie, but rather the parade. America's Thanksgiving Day Parade has been a Detroit tradition since 1924.For years after I moved to Detroit, the parade staging area was in my neighborhood. The morning of the parade a group of us would walk down to the staging area and watch as block after block, the parade would make its way out onto Woodward Avenue. Two years ago the parade moved back downtown and therefore the staging area moved out of New Center and into the Midtown/University area.
I was driving up Woodward Ave on my way home from getting groceries at the r. Hirt jr. co. in the Eastern Market when I passed several of the "floats" in the staging area. I was hoping to see this year's Skillman Foundation winner, but alas it wasn't in the staging area. I just love a parade, even if I have to walk a mile to see it!
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