If it seemed to you like like there were a lot of partially deflated balloons in the 97th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on November 23, 2023, you're right. It was a very windy morning, and that made it challenging for the balloon handlers to remain in control of the balloons' movements. Unfortunately several balloons sustained damage during the parade due to windy conditions. Some faired better than others.
Wampanoag tribe member holds a Palestine flag on one of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade floats. Cameras tried to cut away multiple times but the flag still managed to be caught on camera
i want to highlight some of different pro palestine actions happened at the macy’s thanksgiving day parade.
let’s get started with a group of climate activists that super glued their hands to the concrete on 6th avenue, which is a key point on the parade route:
another group that made some noise and staged a sit-in were the writers against the war on gaza:
you can read their official statement bellow.
the mashpee wampanoag tribe of massachusetts had a member of their tribe lifting a palestinian flag on their float. this action noticeably made it onto national broadcasts of the parade:
and amogst all the planned disruptions were people in the crowds simply taking advantage of the visibility of this parade to make support known: