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What better place for a Thanksgiving parade than Plymouth, Massachusetts, where it all started? The parade featured marching bands, pipe bands, classic cars and military vehicles, revolutionary and civil war re-enactors, floats and more. But the highlight were the Budweiser Clydesdales which have become as much a symbol of America as they are of the brand they represent. The only word that can describe these magnificent horses is "majestic".The event that Americans commonly call the "First Thanksgiving" was celebrated by the Pilgrims after their first harvest in the New World in 1621.This feast lasted three days, and it was attended by 90 Native Americans (as accounted by attendee Edward Winslow) and 53 Pilgrims. Americans commonly trace the Thanksgiving holiday to a 1621 celebration at the Plymouth Plantation, where the Plymouth settlers held a harvest feast after a successful growing season. The holiday, as we celebrate it today, has been an annual tradition since 1863, when, during the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national day of "Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens", to be celebrated on Thursday, November 26.

A proud Pilgrim

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A Pilgrim soldier

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Pilgrim soldiers

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Pilgrim lancers

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Colonial re-enactors

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The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts

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The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts

The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts is the oldest chartered military organization in North America and the third oldest chartered military organization in the world. While it was originally constituted as a citizen militia serving on active duty in defense of the northern British colonies, it has become, over the centuries primarily an honor guard and a social and ceremonial group in Massachusetts. Today the Company serves as a ceremonial group in Massachusetts. Members have served in the French and Indian Wars, the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Civil War, World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War and the Iraq War.The Company has had eight members who were recognized with the Medal of Honor, and has had four of its members serve as President of the United States: Presidents James Monroe, Chester A. Arthur, Calvin Coolidge and John F. Kennedy.
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Trumpets blare

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Antique Fords

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Model T

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Ford Classics

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Paul Revere: "To arms, to arms, the Redcoats are coming !"

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"One if by land, two if by sea"

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