( B. K.)

The annual Christmas Tree Lighting event in Portland’s Pioneer Courthouse
Square

From the New York Herald Tribune, November 27, 1924

The first balloon in 1927 was modeled after the character Felix the Cat

1929

Mickey Mouse made his grand debut in the Macy’s Santa Claus Parade
(now Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade) in 1934.

1945

1950

On September 28, 1789, George Washington, in his first term as U.S. President, was 
presented with a resolution by the First Federal Bicameral Congress asking that he 
recommend to the nation a day of thanksgiving.  A few days later, Washington issued
a proclamation making Thursday, Nov. 26, 1789 as a “Day of Publick Thanksgiving,”
which was the first time Thanksgiving was celebrated under the Constitution.  

                  
                    Norman Rockwell