It rained on the parade, but the weather didn’t dampen spirits

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November 25, 2024

It rained on the parade, but the weather didn’t dampen spirits

Scenes from a wet and chilly America’s Hometown Thanksgiving Celebration.

You know the old saying: Don’t rain on my parade. Well, it did rain on our parade Saturday, keeping the crowds down (and driving up the numbers of viewers watching it live on WCVB or through a streaming service).

Nonetheless, the America’s Hometown Thanksgiving Celebration parade – part of a weekend-long set of events – won rave reviews from most spectators. Apart from a small contingent of social media grousers (“there should been a rain date!”), everyone gave thanks to the organizers and participants who braved temperatures in the 40s and tolerated all those raindrops. (This being New England, Sunday morning arrived with clear skies, 24 hours too late. Oh, well.)

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Testimonials

"In my opinion, this is the best Thanksgiving Parade in the nation. Every year has a well planned theme, and everything lines up with it. Top quality floats and bands, and quality people running it make it a real pleasure to help out, and make me proud to be a part of! I have lost count of the number of years I have done so with my family. Then there are concerts, and events, and demonstrations, and a Food Festival that make it a complete weekend celebration. Well worth my trip in from Pennsylvania this year!"
~ David Jehle
"Drove all the way from Virginia with two small children to be apart of the BEST Thanksgiving Celebration. So glad that the quality and continuity of this parade has been maintained at such a high standard over the years so my children will hopefully have the same wonderful memories of it during their childhood as I did!"
~ Lindsay Dingess
"The TD parade is one of my favorite events. Not enough superlatives to describe how wonderful the marching bands, floats etc are in America's home town parade. I would recommend to anyone to visit & enjoy this parade. It is volunteer and contribution generated so please donate generously to keep it as spectacular as it was this year! Thank you to all participants!"
~Yvette Bolduc Cingolani

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