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What do you want to know about Memphis? Know Your 901 is a new initiative launched by the know-it-alls at The Commercial Appeal that seeks to answer your questions about the Bluff City and the ...
Danny Thomas and the other influential Memphis figures who are immortalized on the sidewalk outside The Peabody hotel on the so-called Duck Walk Hall of Fame. When Shepherd returns to Memphis for ...
The Peabody Hotel truly keeps ... Here he shares duck dramas, the special treatment he gives his mallards, and his favorite things to do around Memphis when not attending to waterfowl.
What does it take to be a Duckmaster: walk with a waddle ... The Peabody Hotel's lobby, home to five mallard ducks. The Peabody, in Memphis, Tennessee, long known as the "South's grand hotel ...
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During the event, President and CEO of the Greater Memphis Chamber Beverly Robertson was inducted into the hotel’s Duck Walk Hall of Fame. The Peabody’s Duck Walk Hall of Fame was created in ...
However, Memphis ... "Duck March," which became an instant hit with hotel guests. Pembroke was promoted to "Duckmaster," a role he held for the next five decades until he retired in 1991. The ...
Following the Civil War, Memphis began ... to let their live duck decoys take a swim in the hotel’s lobby fountain. This led to the creation of the March of the Peabody Ducks, a cherished ...
The final duck march at the Orlando hotel is Monday at 5 p.m. For fans who don't want to say goodbye, they can visit the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, Tenn., where the duck walk tradition marches on.
According to the oft-told story found on various Peabody web (pun intended) sites and in back issues of the Memphis newspapers, the duck tradition "started by accident in the 1930s when the hotel ...