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The 20th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1946) | The 21st Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1947) | The 22nd Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1948) | 
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The 21st Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was held on November 27, 1947, in New York City and shown to viewers live on NBC radio and television stations that same day from 10 a.m. to noon.
Parade Lineup[]
Listed below are the parade elements that appeared in the 1947 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. They are categorized by unit type, with their respective sponsors in bold. Home locations of talent ensembles are featured in brackets, and guest star’s float appearances are indicated in bold.
Bold denotes a new parade element, an underline indicates a unit that was brought back after an absence, and an asterisk (*) signifies an element that was retired after the 1947 Parade.
Balloons[]
- Comical Cop* (Macy's)- 1st time
- Ol' Man Pumpkin* (Macy's) - 2nd time
- Young Man on the Flying Trapeze* (Macy's) - 2nd time
- Pirate (Macy's) - 1st time
- Panda Bear* (Macy's) - 2nd time
- Gnome (Macy's) - 1st time
Floats[]
- The Chef's Turkey Dinner (Macy's) - 3rd time
- Indian Head (Macy's) - 3rd time
- Peter Rabbit (Macy's) - 1st time
- The Tin Man (Macy's) - 1st time
- Three Men In A Tub (Macy's) - 2nd time
- There Was an Old Lady Who Lived in a Shoe (Macy's) - 2nd time
- Hey Diddle Diddle (Macy's) - 2nd time
- 3-2-1 Blastoff* (Macy's) - 3rd time
- Mountain View Trampoline* (Macy's) - 3rd time
- Santa's Sleigh* (Macy's) - 2nd time
Specialty Units[]
- NYPD Mounted Unit - 21st time
- Circus Animal Cage* (Macy's) - 3rd time
Marching Bands[]
- Ferko String Band (Philadelphia, PA)
- Rockville Centre High School Band (Rockville Centre, NY)
Guest Stars[]
- Hoboken American Legion Post 107 (Hoboken, NJ)
- Maureen O'Hara & John Payne