{"id":2374205,"date":"2024-11-28T13:31:57","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T18:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gaza-protesters-arrested-at-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-as-ronald-mcdonald-float-bears-down-on-them-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-28T13:33:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T18:33:49","slug":"gaza-protesters-arrested-at-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-as-ronald-mcdonald-float-bears-down-on-them-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gaza-protesters-arrested-at-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-as-ronald-mcdonald-float-bears-down-on-them-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaza protesters arrested at Macy\u2019s Thanksgiving Day Parade as Ronald McDonald float bears down on them &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgaza-protesters-arrested-at-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-as-ronald-mcdonald-float-bears-down-on-them-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2374205&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Macy&#8217;s \u200bThanksgiving Day Parade took place despite rain and a brief disruption caused\u200d by pro-Palestinian demonstrators in New York City. Police arrested 21\u200d protesters who jumped barricades and advocated for Palestine while holding flags and\u200c banners. The\u2062 parade, now in its \u200csecond century, showcased new balloons featuring Spider-Man and Minnie Mouse,\u200d alongside numerous floats and performances\u2063 from\u2064 celebrities like Jennifer Hudson and Idina Menzel. Traditional elements, such as marching bands and clowns, were present, culminating in\u2064 Santa Claus\u2019s appearance to kick \u200boff the holiday season. The\u200b 2024\u200b parade\u200c featured 17 giant balloons,\u2063 22 floats, and various entertainment acts, marking a vibrant continuation of this long-standing \u200cThanksgiving\u2063 tradition.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Gaza protesters arrested at Macy&rsquo;s Thanksgiving Day Parade as Ronald McDonald float bears down on them<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1897288\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The Macy&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/thanksgiving\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Thanksgiving Day Parade\">Thanksgiving Day Parade<\/a> marched, soared, and roared into its second century on Thursday despite a drenching rain and a brief disruption from pro-Palestinian demonstrators.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"New York City\">New York City<\/a> police said they arrested 21 people after protesters jumped barricades and sat down on the parade route with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/palestinians\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Palestinian flags\">Palestinian flags<\/a> and a &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t Celebrate Genocide&rdquo; banner. They chanted &ldquo;Free, free Palestine!&rdquo; as a giant Ronald McDonald balloon bore down on them on Manhattan&rsquo;s Sixth Avenue.<br \/>People protesting Israel&rsquo;s war in Gaza also interrupted last year&rsquo;s parade.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the wet weather, ponchos and umbrellas were part of the festivities, along with the usual giant balloons, floats and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-everything-thats-new-for-this-years-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade\/\" title=\"New for this year&#039;s Macy&#039;s Thanksgiving Day Parade: all the latest updates\">star-studded performances<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate on Sixth Avenue during the Macy&rsquo;s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Nov. 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo\/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The latest edition of the annual holiday tradition featured new Spider-Man and Minnie Mouse balloons, zoo and pasta-themed floats, an ode to Big Apple coffee and bagels, performances from Jennifer Hudson, Idina Menzel and Kylie Minogue, and more.<\/p>\n<p>The lineup was a far cry from the parade&rsquo;s initial incarnation 100 years ago, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-marches-in-the-rain-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Macy\u2019s Thanksgiving Day Parade marches in the rain - Washington Examiner\">featured floats showing scenes<\/a> from Mother Goose, Red Riding Hood and the Wolf, Miss Muffet and the Spider, and other fairy tales.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/patriotism-unity\/3243138\/thanksgiving-should-be-a-patriotic-holiday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"THANKSGIVING SHOULD BE A PATRIOTIC HOLIDAY\"><strong>THANKSGIVING SHOULD BE A PATRIOTIC HOLIDAY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some things remain the same, though. As in 1924, there are plenty of marching bands and lots of clowns, followed by the grand finale of Santa Claus riding through Manhattan and ushering in the holiday season.<\/p>\n<p>This year&rsquo;s parade featured 17 giant, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">helium-filled character balloons<\/a>, 22 floats, 15 novelty and heritage inflatables, 11 marching bands, 700 clowns, 10 performance groups, award-winning singers and actors, and the WNBA champion New York Liberty.<\/p>\n<p>Other highlights included reality TV star Ariana Madix, hip-hop&rsquo;s T-Pain, country duo Dan + Shay, The War and Treaty, The Temptations, Jimmy Fallon and the Roots, Broadway veteran Lea Salonga, and &ldquo;Glow&rdquo; actor and Macy&rsquo;s spokeswoman Alison Brie.<\/p>\n<p>One new float featured the Rao&rsquo;s food brand, featuring a knight and a dragon in battle made with actual pasta elements. Another celebrates the Bronx Zoo&rsquo;s 125th anniversary with representations of a tiger, a giraffe, a zebra, and a gorilla.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The University of Massachusetts Minutemen marching band plays as it makes its way down Central Park West while participating in the Macy&rsquo;s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Nov. 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo\/Yuki Iwamura)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;The work that we do, the opportunity to impact millions of people and bring a bit of joy for a couple of hours on Thanksgiving morning, is what motivates us every day,&rdquo; said Will Coss, Macy&rsquo;s Thanksgiving Day Parade executive producer.<\/p>\n<p>The parade began at 8:30 a.m. on Manhattan&rsquo;s Upper West Side and ends 2.5 miles away around noon at Macy&rsquo;s Herald Square flagship store on 34th Street, which serves as a stage and backdrop for performances.<\/p>\n<p>The rain isn&rsquo;t stopping anything &mdash; the parade has only been canceled three times, from 1942 to 1944 during World War II &mdash; but organizers are monitoring wind speeds throughout the festivities to make sure it&rsquo;s safe for the big balloons to fly.<\/p>\n<p>Temperatures are in the upper 40s F, with rain throughout the morning and winds around 10 mph, well within the acceptable range for letting Snoopy, Bluey, and their friends soar. New York City law prohibits Macy&rsquo;s from flying the full-size balloons if sustained winds exceed 23 mph (37 kph) or wind gusts are over 35 mph.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The parade airs on NBC with hosts Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, and Al Roker and streams on the network&rsquo;s Peacock service. Carlos Adyan and Andrea Meza will host a Spanish simulcast on Telemundo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1897288\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1897288\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gaza protesters arrested at Macy&#8217;s Thanksgiving Parade amid rain<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":2374206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/AP24333527358617.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4283,20083,4007,45824,45823],"class_list":["post-2374205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-arrests","tag-gaza","tag-protesters","tag-ronald-mcdonald","tag-thanksgiving-day-parade"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/AP24333527358617.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2374205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2374205"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2374205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2374209,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2374205\/revisions\/2374209"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2374206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2374205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2374205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2374205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}