VAN’S HOMETOWN. 60 YEARS OF GIVING SO FAR AND
MANY MORE AHEAD.
>> AND JOINING US THIS MORNING
TO TALK ABOUT THE 93rd
AMERICA’S THANKSGIVING PARADE
AND THIS FAMILY LEGACY, GARY AND
DAVID.
DAVID. IT IS SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.
I CAN’T SEE IMAGES OF YOUR DAD
WITHOUT MY EYES WATERING.
HE DID SO MUCH AND DID SO MUCH
FOR THIS PARADE.
>> HE WAS A PART OF THIS
THANKSGIVING TRADITION AND WE
CERTAINLY THANK HIM FOR ALL HE
HAS DONE AND I KNOW YOU MISS HIM
DEARLY.
DEARLY. >> THANK YOU.
THIS WAS HIS FAVORITE DAY OF THE
YEAR.
YEAR. HE LOVED TO SEE THE FACES OF THE
CHILDREN ON THE PARADE ROUTE.
IT WAS SPECIAL.
>> YOU GUYS ARE DOING EVERYTHING
YOU CAN TO KEEP HIS LEGACY
ALIVE.
ALIVE. >> ABSOLUTELY, AS DENNIS ARCHER
SAID TO ME TODAY, IT IS YOUR
LEGACY, SO KEEP IT GOING.
>> SO IT IS YOUR KIDS AND THEIR
KIDS.
KIDS. THIS IS GENERATIONAL.
>> THEY ARE WAITING AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE PARADE ALL
DRESSED UP AND READY TO MARCH.
>> TALK ABOUT THE ART VAN BRAND.
OVER THE LAST DECADE, I HAVE
WATCHED YOU SPAN TO NEW STATES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
IT CARES THE ART VAN NAME AND
EVEN THOUGH YOUR FATHER IS NO
LONGER WITH US, IT IS STILL PART
OF THE FAMILY.
>> AFTER 60 YEARS, THERE IS SO
MUCH TRUST BUILT ACROSS MICHIGAN
THROUGH CHICAGO INTO OHIO AND
INTO PENNSYLVANIA WITH THE OTHER
BRANDS AND EXPANSIONS.
>> I ENJOY COZING UP ON MY ART
VAN SOFAS ALL OF THE TIME.
>> ME AS WELL.
ALL OF MY COUCHES IN MY HOUSE
ARE FROM ART VAN.
>> THANK YOU.
>> DO YOU WANT TO SHARE ANYTHING
ABOUT THE FLOAT?
>> IT IS CHRISTMAS TURN SEA.
IT WAS MY FATHER’S IDEA.
IT CAME UP FOUR YEARS AGO AND
TONY AND THE COMPANY PULLED IT
OFF TO THE T.
IT IS 145 FEET.
>> OF COURSE, IT HAS TO BE THE
BIGGEST.
BIGGEST. >> IT IS THE BEST EVER AND THERE
IS A WHALE IN THIS THING THAT
GOES UP AND THE ENGINEERING
FEAT.
FEAT. IT GOES UP LIKE IT IS COMING OUT
OF THE WATER.
>> I HEAR IT IS 25 FEET.
I HAVE TO SAY THIS, I THINK YOUR
DAD WOULD BE VERY, VERY PROUD OF
HOW YOU’RE CONTINUING THE LEGACY
AND HE IS CERTAINLY SMILING DOWN
ON ALL OF US TODAY.
>> WE HOPE SO.
>> HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING.