The Peabody Ducks
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Owner:
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MasterSergeantUSMC
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Released:
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Friday, November 11, 2016
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Origin:
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Minnesota, United States
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Recently Spotted:
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In the hands of WestinTheGreat.
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Keep me near some water!!
Our family recenly went to Memphic to visit family and saw the ducks. Little did we know that some would come back to Minnesota with us, and then start their travels as a trackable. Some Peabody Duck history:
How did the tradition of the ducks in The Peabody fountain begin? Back in the 1930's 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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