Peabody Hotel - March of the Ducks - Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
N 35° 08.557 W 090° 03.096
15S E 768619 N 3892839
The famous historic Peabody Ducks still perform the 'March of the Ducks' as they have since the 1930s, The Ducks visit the lobby fountain at 11-am. & 5-pm. each day in the Peabody Hotel, Memphis, Tennessee.
Waymark Code: WMY8A7
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 05/09/2018
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Peabody Hotel - Famous historic hotel in Memphis, Tennessee.
The Legend of the Ducks:
"How did the tradition of the ducks in The Peabody fountain begin? Back in the 1930s Frank Schutt, General Manager of The Peabody, and a friend, Chip Barwick, returned from a weekend hunting trip to Arkansas. The men had a little too much Tennessee sippin' whiskey, and thought it would be funny to place some of their live duck decoys (it was legal then for hunters to use live decoys) in the beautiful Peabody fountain. Three small English call ducks were selected as "guinea pigs," and the reaction was nothing short of enthusiastic. Thus began a Peabody tradition which was to become internationally famous.®
In 1940, Bellman Edward Pembroke, a former circus animal trainer, offered to help with delivering the ducks to the fountain each day and taught them the now-famous Peabody Duck March. Mr. Pembroke became The Peabody Duckmaster, serving in that capacity for 50 years until his retirement in 1991.
Nearly 90 years after the inaugural march, ducks still visit the lobby fountain at 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. each day."
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