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Annual parade held in Plymouth, Massachusetts
The
America's Hometown Thanksgiving Parade
is an annual parade held in
Plymouth, Massachusetts
. The parade, which began in 1996, is traditionally held the weekend before Thanksgiving and draws its name from the fact that
Plymouth Colony
was the landing point of the
Pilgrims
involved in the traditional "First Thanksgiving" in the early 1620s. Unlike most Thanksgiving parades, which include giant balloons of popular characters, the
America's Hometown
parade has a strict theme. Each element in the parade is based on the
history of the United States
and arranged in
chronological order
, with five divisions separated by century: the
colonial period
of the 17th century, the
Revolutionary period
of the 18th century, the
Civil War
and pioneer periods of the 19th century, military and automotive showcases from the 20th and 21st centuries, and the closing division, the last of which includes the traditional
Santa Claus
float.
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The parade is part of the broader
America's Hometown Thanksgiving Celebration
, which includes a number of ceremonies, including a
Turkey Trot
, concerts and a street fair.
The event was not held in its entirely in 2020 due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
. Organizers saw this as unintentionally fitting, given that it corresponded to the winter of 1620 and 1621, exactly 400 years prior, during which the Pilgrims that founded
Plymouth Colony
suffered great illness and hardship.
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