1924

New York City’s Macy’s department store held its first Thanksgiving Day parade

The parade went down a two-mile stretch of Broadway from Central Park West to Herald Square  

1996

Sling Blade, opened in movie theaters

Set in rural Arkansas, the picture featured Dwight Yoakam in a prominent role, along with Billy Bob Thornton, Robert Duvall and John Ritter.

It was written and directed by Billy Bob Thornton

The movie won Billy Bob an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

2003

President Bush secretly flew to Iraq to spend Thanksgiving with the troops

God Bless George W. 

and then lastly…

2013

Frozen was released

Frozen, starring Idina Menzel and Kristen Bell, became the highest-grossing animated film of all time!

-Tyler Jackson

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