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The week in photos: Thanksgiving parade

The 2024 America's Thanksgiving Parade® presented by Gardner White featured a brand new Central Michigan University parade float. This marked the 98th year for the parade, and the fourth year that a CMU float made its way down Woodward Avenue in Detroit on Thanksgiving day.

A group of CMU volunteers pose for a photo in front of the CMU Thanksgiving parade float.

CMU volunteers walk and wave next to the CMU Thanksgiving parade float.

CMU volunteers walk and wave next to the CMU Thanksgiving parade float.

A closeup of two CMU parade volunteers waving at the crowd.

A wide angle view of the CMU Thanksgiving parade float as it goes by the Fox Theatre.

A parade volunteer runs towards the camera as the CMU parade float moves down the road in the background.

A crowd of people sit in the bleachers cheering and waving.

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