Macys Parade Protest 2025. Pelting rain dampened the 98th annual macy’s thanksgiving day parade in the united states, as it cut across new york city on thursday. All along central park west on thursday, throngs of people gathered for the macy’s thanksgiving day parade and packed street corners or sat on folding chairs set up.

Excited new yorkers and tourists packed the big apple sidewalks thursday for the 97th annual macy’s thanksgiving day parade — only for the festivities to grind to a halt. Over 30 people were arrested during the 2023 macy’s thanksgiving day parade in new york city after people protesting the war in gaza jumped police barricades and glued.