One of the most memorable scenes within the film is when Ferris Bueller jumps aboard a parade float in the course of the city and begins lip synching to “Twist and Shout” by the Beatles while surrounded by a throng of buxom girls in conventional German garb as the complete metropolis of Chicago dances along. Did you know that the parade that Ferris crashed is definitely a real annual occasion that’s held in mid-September in Chicago? It’s the Von Steuben Day parade and it is a German heritage celebration honouring Baron Friedrich von Steuben who volunteered his companies to George …