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2013-11-23-Plymouth, MA-Thanksgiving Parade

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Nov 24, 2013
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Santa and his helper are ready for the parade

"On dasher, on dancer, on prancer, on blitzen....."

The Red Sox Victory Float manuevers into position

Turkey float, before the parade

Cornucopia float

Pilgrim re-enactors

Mayflower float pre-parade

A young Pilgrim

Mayflower Float

Re-enactors of the Revolution

Participants came from all over the Northeast

Pipers tune up befroe the parade

Massachusetts Sheriff officers joke before the parade

A percusionist gets ready for parade action

The Budweiser Clydesdales!

The Cludesdales have more handles than a typical US politician

The drivers and the Bud Dalmation, named "Brewer"

An American icon

The drivers and the Bud Dalmation, named "Brewer"

Sleek and powerful

My life is complete-I've seen the Clydesdales

"Brewer", the Bud Dalmation

"Brewer" profiling

The distinctive Clydesdale shaggy hooves

Focused and ready to roll

Crowds await the parade's passing

Thanksgiving headgear

An excited crowd awaits thje parade

The parade route

Turkey headgear

Crowds awaiting the parade at the Plymouth Memorial Building

Detail-Plymouth Memorial Building

The parade passes

The parade passes

Honoring our Ancestry-A Native American dwelling of the 1600's

The pride of the Wampanoags

Female Clydesdales, smaller than the beasts that pull the Budweiser rig, pull an open carriage

The Mayflower float

English settler re-enactors

A proud Pilgrim

A Pilgrim soldier

Pilgrim soldiers

Pilgrim lancers

Colonial re-enactors

The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts

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.)

The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts

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

"One if by land, two if by sea"

A colonial lassie

The British are coming!

The British are here!

British Regulars

British Regulars

The parade rumbles on

Rider on a beautiful Palamino

Headgear extraordinaire

"You're under arrest...hop in"

Mass Maritime Band and Color Guard

Mass Maritime Color Guard

Mass Maritime Drum Major

MMA-Captain Phillips is a graduate

The Pirates are coming!

Yo, ho, ho and a keg of rum!

A lady pirate brandishes her rapier

The renouned Hawthorne Caballeros Drum Corps from New Jersey (The Hawthorne Caballeros, sponsored by American Legion Post #199 in Hawthorne, NJ are in their 66th season of competition and have amassed a remarkable host of records. They have won the DCA (Drum Corps Associates) World Championship 9 times, the American Legion National Title 16 times, the National Dream Contest 17 times, and the New Jersey State American Legion Title 43 times. They have completed 5 undefeated seasons, consecutively in 1984 and 1985. They have placed in the top 3 placements at the DCA World Championship 31 times in 44 appearances, a clear indicator of the Caballeros consistency for excellence on the drum corps field. In 1989, during DCA's 25th Anniversary season, fans voted the Caballeros their favorite Senior Drum and Bugle Corps of all time.)

The Budweiser Clydesdales on parade (The Budweiser Clydesdales are a group of Clydesdale horses used for promotions and commercials by the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Company. There are several "hitches" or teams of horses,[1] that travel around the United States and others that remain in their official homes at the company headquarters at the Anheuser-Busch brewery complex in St. Louis, Missouri,[2] or at Merrimack, New Hampshire.[3] At St. Louis, they are housed in a historic brick and stained-glass stable built in 1885. There are eight horses driven at any one time, but ten horses are on each team to provide alternates for the hitch when needed. Assorted Clydesdales are also used as animal actors in television commercials for Budweiser beer, particularly in Super Bowl ads.)

Here they come!

The drivers and "Brewer", the Bud Dalmatian

The Bud beer wagon-see below for the interesting history (The Budweiser Clydesdales were first introduced to the public on April 7, 1933, to celebrate the repeal of Prohibition. August A. Busch, Jr. presented the hitch as a gift to his father, August Anheuser Busch, Sr., who was guided outside the brewery by the ruse of being told his son had purchased him a new car, but instead was greeted by the horses, pulling a red, white and gold beer wagon.[ The hitch proceeded to carry the first case of post-Prohibition beer from the St. Louis brewery in a special journey down Pestalozzi Street in St. Louis)

Riding into Plymouth

Riding into Plymouth

Throngs of parade watchers hanging from the rafters

The Clysdales pass a host of admirers

Riding into the heart of Plymouth

Plymouth crowds await the parade

Civil War re-enactor

Lincoln-MAde Thanksgiving a national holiday

Civil War re-enactors

The National Lancers (The National Lancers has a long and distinguished history as a volunteer troop of militia cavalry. The Lancers were organized on 31 October 1836 at the request of Gov. Edward Everett. While the ostensible reason to organize the National Lancers was as the governor’s mounted ceremonial escort; the Lancers, as volunteer militia, was also charged with enforcing the law and defending the Commonwealth from invasion and insurrection. The unit’s designation reflected its organization as light cavalry, equipped and uniformed similarly to the Polish Lancers of the Napoleonic Army.With the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, the Lancers organized two war service troops -- Companies C and D, 1st Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry. Younger Lancers, along with new recruits, rode off to fight with the Army of the Potomac taking part in campaigns in South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania. During the Boston Draft Riot in July 1863, the National Lancers, in it’s home guard role, helped put down the rioting.)

The National Lancers (After the Civil War, the National Lancers returned to its drills, summer camps, and escort duties. While it was a military organization, the National Lancers was also a social organization. In addition to dinners, horse shows, and other social events, the Lancers visited other elite militia organizations in New Orleans, Washington, DC, Richmond, Charleston and Cleveland. The Lancers were not called for service in the Spanish American War in 1898 since the Army did not need additional cavalry. In June 1916, as part of the 1st Squadron of Cavalry, Massachusetts National Guard, the National Lancers mustered into Federal service and deployed to Texas to patrol the border with Mexico. For four months, Lancers trained on the hot, dusty Texas plains. In November 1916, the troop was mustered out of Federal service.)

The National Lancers

The National Lancers

Westchester Brassmen Drum Corps (The Westchester Brassmen Drum and Bugle Corps, sponsored by the American Legion Post 559 in Harrison, NY. Established as a parade corps in 1984, they have won over 400 first-place trophies and have performed in half-time shows for the NY Jets and at Yankee Stadium.)

The Wells Fargo Stagecoach

The Wells Fargo Stagecoach

A phalanx of vintage vehicles

A perfectly restored beauty

WW II vintage Jeep

Vintage, WW II M-3 Half-Track (The M-3 Half-track was an armored vehicle used by the United States, the British Empire and the other Allies during World War II and the Cold War. Nearly 43,000 were produced, and supplied to the U.S. Army and Marines, as well as British Commonwealth and Soviet Red Army forces, serving on all fronts throughout the war.)

Vintage, WW II M-3 Half-Track

Pipers from Cape Cod

Vintage "Duece and a half"-nickname for the US Army 2 1/2 ton truck

Classic Ambulance

Coast Guard Auxiliary Mascot

1961 Lincoln Continental carrying JFK impersonator

JFK impersonator

Boston Police Gaelic Column of Pipes and Drums Drum Major (The Gaelic Column was first formed in 1992 by a small group of police officers from the Boston Police Department. It is an independent organization consisting of Boston Police officers and sworn law enforcement officers from the greater Boston area. The Gaelic Column is affiliated with the Boston Police Department, but is funded entirely through the efforts of members and supporters.)

An early ice cream truck

Red Sox of yesteryear

Red Sox of yesteryear

Red Sox of yesteryear

Wally the Gree Monster, Red Sox mascot

Red Sox player of yesteryear

Wally the Green Monster and a friend

Pristine classic

Bullpen Cop Steve Horgan (He won local and national fame by raising his arms in the Red Sox game against the Detroit Tigers after David Ortiz jacked a homer that tied the game, eventually won by the Sox. Tiger OF Torey Hunter tried to catch the ball over the wall, but flipped over and landed on his noggin.)

Paso Fino Horse

Paso Fino Horses

Victorian Church Carolers

Saints Brigade Drum and Bugle Corps

Saints Brigade Drum and Bugle Corps

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