The Peabody Hotel Duck March

The Peabody Hotel in downtown Memphis stages a daily Duck March when trained mallard ducks ride the elevator from their rooftop quarters to parade into the lobby fountain at 11:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. The tradition dates to 1933 and is maintained by a hotel team known as the Duckmasters. Videos and photos of the ducks marching and riding in the lobby fountain are widely shared online and have become recurring meme content about Memphis hospitality and oddball traditions.