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The 42nd Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was held on November 28th, 1968 in New York City, and shown to viewers live on NBC that same day from 9 a.m. to noon EST. It was hosted by Lorne Greene, Betty White, and Joe Garagiola. Participating celebrities included the likes of Shirley Jones, Jack Cassidy, The Banana Splits, William Shanter, Jerry Vale, and Bobby Vinton.

Parade Lineup[]

Listed below are the various Parade units that appeared in the 1968 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 and * indicates a retired Parade unit.

Balloons[]

Floats[]

Specialty Units[]

Push Floats[]

Marching Bands[]

  • Cardinal Dougherty High School Band (Philadelphia, PA)
  • New York Police Department Emerald Society Pipe Band (New York, NY)
  • Fairfield Union High School Marching Falcons (Lancaster, OH)
  • Greater Kensington String Band (Philadelphia, PA)
  • Morris Brown College Marching Wolverines (Atlanta, GA)
  • Colonial Ancient Fife and Drum Corps (Beth Page, NY)
  • Golden Triangle Baton and Drum Corps (Swissvale, PA)
  • Colonial Grenadier Guard High School Marching Band (Orlando, FL)
  • McDonald's All-American High School Band (Nationwide)
  • Sunrisers Drum and Bugle Corps (Long Island, NY)
  • United States Air Force Academy Drum and Bugle Corps (Colorado Springs, CO)
  • NYC Mission Warriors Drum and Bugle Corps (New York, NY)
  • St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Youth Organization Band (Boston, MA)
  • Radford College Highlanders (Radford, VA)
  • Kilgore College Marching Band (Kilgore, TX) performed "It's One of Those Days," "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You," and "This Is My Country"
  • Istrouma High School Nawaganti Indians (Baton Rouge, LA)

Guest Stars[]

Performance Groups[]

Clowns[]

Trivia[]

  • The Popeye balloon was inflated at Macy's Herald Square, where it watched the Parade in honor of the balloon's retirement. To date, this remains one of only two instances where a balloon received its own retirement party, with the other being Dino the Dinosaur's 1977 retirement party.
  • 1968 marked the first appearance of Snoopy as a giant balloon. The character would go on to become the longest-running single character to be represented by a balloon in Parade history, with nine different designs over eight balloons.

See also[]

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