Budweiser Clydesdales to Visit Waldo Kansas City MO

Budweiser Clydesdales to Visit Waldo

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Submitted by Sarah Clark Wednesday, October 27th, 2:09 pm

The Waldo neighborhood will welcome the

Budweiser Clydesdale horses

at the corner of 75th and Wornall Road

on Thursday, October 28

from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

The general public can get a rare glimpse at the six horses and the Budweiser wagon and pose for photos from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. The Budweiser Clydesdales will then parade through Waldo delivering cases of beer to area bars.

If the one-ton, six-plus foot horses aren't enough of a sight, their transportation set-up will be. The horses, the famous red, white, and gold beer wagon and other essential equipment are transported in three 50-foot tractor-trailers. Each are equipped with cameras, air-cushioned suspension and thick rubber flooring to insure safe travel.

The Budweiser Clydesdales have been the symbol of Anheuser-Busch for more than 75 years. They were formally introduced on April 7, 1933, to celebrate the repeal of Prohibition for beer. August A. Busch Jr. and Adolphus Busch III, presented a hitch of horses to their father to celebrate the day. To their father's delight, the hitch thundered down Pestalozzi Street carrying the first case of post-Prohibition beer from the St. Louis brewery.