Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: First Thanksgiving Day Parade in America
Historical marker notes that Philadelphia's parade began in 1920, several years before the one in New York City.
- Address:
- Spring Garden St., Philadelphia, PA
- Directions:
- Just across the street from the Rocky statue in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. You'll have to park someplace else.
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Right in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Rocky Balboa statue there is a historical marker documenting the first Thanksgiving Day Parade in America, not the usual man-stood-here-and-he-was-important markers that are usually put up.
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Take that, New York City! The marker claims that one of Philadelphia's nicknames is "the City of Firsts."