Families bundled up on Thursday to cheer as the 75th annual Thanksgiving Day parade rolled through the streets of downtown Houston.  Mayor John Whitmire and nine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis,

Watch a livestream of the Houston H-E-B Thanksgiving Day Parade. We also have information about how to attend and the parade route.

From how the parade began to its route, here are a couple of things you should know if you plan on going to the Thanksgiving Day parade.

FOX 26's Nate Griffin gives us a look at the preparations ahead of the H-E-B Thanksgiving Day Parade in Downtown Houston.

The 75th Houston Thanksgiving parade will showcase floats, marching bands, balloons and Olympic legend Carl Lewis serving as Grand Marshal.

Cluck cluck, it's time for the 75th annual H-E-B Thanksgiving Day Parade. State of play: Nine-time Olympic gold medalist and track and field star Carl Lewis will lead the 2024 parade, kicking off at 9am Thursday in downtown Houston.

The procession starts at 9 a.m. and takes place in downtown Houston. This year, organizers expect 250,000 people to line the streets. The parade is planned to go through 20 blocks and feature 19 floats, eight performances, six marching bands and 21 high-flying balloons according to Susan Christian, Director of the Mayor’s Office Special Events.

FOX 26 Reporter Jade Flury shares all the sights from this year's parade in downtown Houston. When President-elect Donald Trump said Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy would recommend major cuts to the federal government in his administration,

Road closures for the parade began on Tuesday for the staging of the parade floats. Get news, weather and so much more on the new FOX LOCAL app. The parade begins at Smith Street