Ashley Anders, of Center City, can’t remember missing a Thanksgiving Day parade in her entire 49 years. She also can’t remember a Thanksgiving Day when it rained during the entire event. She’s attended when it has been 80 degrees and when it was freezing — but never when it was raining.

Ponchos and umbrellas were a must at the Thanksgiving Day Parade in Philadelphia. But Mother Nature's challenge didn’t stop people from showing up.

The oldest Thanksgiving Day parade in the nation marches through Center City and up the Ben Franklin Parkway to the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Here’s all the info you need from its route and start time to road closures, SEPTA detours and how to watch it at home.

The rain couldn't damper the enthusiasm this morning at Philadelphia's Thanksgiving Day Parade. There were marching bands, giant balloons, and floats on the route from Center City up the Ben Franklin Parkway.

It may have rained, but the bands played on and folks still gathered along the Ben Franklin Parkway to watch the country’s oldest Thanksgiving Day Parade.