Gone, But Not Forgotten…The Orange Bowl Parade

Tomorrow, one of the nations oldest bowl games will be played in Miami but today, New Years Eve was the day the Orange Bowl Parade happened. It was a rare night parade and kicked off at 7PM, just like it had since 1936. Unfortunately, in 2002 that came to an end. In 1997 the parade lost it’s television contract and limped along for five years without the big money, but…for all of us that remember watching, here’s a 1953 ad from The Miami Herald.

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