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The 24th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1950) | The 25th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1951) | The 26th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1952) | 
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The 25th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was held on November 22, 1951 in New York City.
Parade Lineup[]
Listed below are the various Parade units that appeared in the 1951 line of march. Each unit is listed in several categories and sub-categories, in addition to the unit's sponsor.
Bold indicates a new Parade unit, Underline indicates a unit that was brought back after an absence, Italics indicates a removed Parade unit, and * indicates a retired Parade unit.
Balloons[]
- Toy Soldier* (Macy's) - 2nd time
Rainbow Trout(Macy's) - 2nd time- Mighty Mouse (Terrytoons) - 1st time
- Dachshund* (Macy's) - 3rd time
- Hobo Clown (Macy's) - 3rd time
- Gnome* (Macy's) - 5th time
Floats[]
- American Eagle (Macy's) - 4th time
- Cinderella's Coach (Macy's) - 2nd time
- There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe* (Macy's) - 6th time
- The Snowman* (Macy's) - 4th time
- Sonny the Bunny (Macy's) - 2nd time
- Peter Rabbit* (Macy's) - 5th time
- Foodini the Great* (CBS) - 2nd time
- The Freak Show* (Macy's) - 1st time
- Circus (Macy's) - 3rd time
- Ferris Wheel (Macy's) - 2nd time
- Pirate Ship (Macy's) - 2nd time
- Carnival (Macy's) - 1st time
- Paul Bunyan* (Macy's) - 1st time
- Jack the Giant Killer (Macy's) - 1st time
- The Lumbering Leviathan (Macy's) - 4th time
- Mississippi River Showboat (Macy's) - 4th time
- Casey Jones Express (Macy's) - 1st time
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer* (Macy's) - 3rd time
- Santa's Sleigh (Macy's) - 4th time
Specialty Units[]
- NYPD Mounted Unit - 25th time
Marching Bands[]
- Rockville Centre High School Marching Band (Rockville Centre, NY)
- Ferko String Band (Philadelphia, PA)
- Hawthorne Caballeros Drum and Bugle Corps (Hawthorne, NJ)
Guest Stars[]
- Bert Lahr (American Eagle)
- Buffalo Bob Smith and Howdy Doody
- Happy Felton
Incident[]
- The Fish hit a lamppost and sprung a leak at 8th Avenue.