On Nov. 27, 1924, a Thanksgiving tradition was born. Macy’s held its very first Thanksgiving Day Parade. At 9 a.m., a police escort led what was then called the “Macy’s Christmas Parade” through New York.

The first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade took place in November 1924. Take a look at photos showing how it's evolved over the last 100 years.

It would not officially become the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade until 1926, an event that we celebrate to this day right here on NBC. So we’ll have to wait two more years fo