The College of Massachusetts Minutemen marching band, “the power and class of New England,” blared and marched it’s approach by means of the center of New York in a rain-soaked Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
The parade marched, soared and roared into its second century Thursday regardless of a drenching rain and a quick disruption from pro-Palestinian demonstrators.
“The Power and Class of New England left no crumbs today at the #MacysParade! Here they are marching to the @Macys flagship store on West 34th Street,” the College mentioned in a put up on X, with a clip of the band briskly marching previous vacation bedecked buildings in downtown New York.
New York Metropolis police mentioned they arrested 21 folks after protesters jumped barricades and sat down on the parade route with Palestinian flags and a “Don’t Celebrate Genocide” banner. They chanted “Free, free Palestine!” as a large Ronald McDonald balloon bore down on them on Manhattan’s Sixth Avenue.
Folks protesting Israel’s battle in Gaza additionally interrupted final 12 months’s parade.
The most recent version of the annual vacation custom featured new Spider-Man and Minnie Mouse balloons, zoo and pasta-themed floats, an ode to Huge Apple espresso and bagels, performances from Jennifer Hudson, Idina Menzel and Kylie Minogue, and extra.
This 12 months’s parade featured 17 large, helium-filled character balloons, 22 floats, 15 novelty and heritage inflatables, 11 marching bands, together with the Minutemen, from as far-off as Texas and South Dakota, 700 clowns, 10 efficiency teams, award-winning singers and actors, and the WNBA champion New York Liberty.
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Members of College of Massachusetts Minutemen marching band march alongside Central Park West. (AP Photograph/Yuki Iwamura)
