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
