Illustrations and brief text present the various elements of a parade--the spectators, street vendors, marchers, bands, floats, and the cleanup afterwards.
The Alden children plan to ride in their boxcar at the Greenfield Founders' Day Parade, but the newly refurbished boxcar is stolen a couple of days before the big event.
Tells the story of puppeteer Tony Sarg, the man who first invented the helium balloons that have become the trademark of the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
While the name may have changed from Decoration Day, the sentiment behind this national holiday is still the same-to decorate the graves of all fallen soldiers.