2.9K views · 82 reactions | The march of the ducks is a time-honored...

Have you seen the lobby ducks in Memphis? The Peabody Hotel in Memphis has ducks in the lobby fountain! Back in the 1930s Frank Schutt, General Manager of The Peabody, and his friend, Chip Barwick, had a little too much whiskey one night and thought it would be funny to put some in the Peabody fountain. They woke up the next morning, surprised to find that the ducks were a hit. Thus began the Peabody lobby duck tradition. In 1940, a hotel bellman named Edward Pembroke, a former circus animal tra

2K views · 36 reactions | At 11am and 5pm each day, the Duckmaster at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis marches their ducks to and from the hotel fountain. This has been a custom since the ‘30s when the General Manager at the time, Frank Schutt, thought it would be amusing to leave his ducks in the fountain. The guests loved it and this tradition has continued ever since. | Trailfinders | Facebook

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