Speaking of Grand Marshals
Gerald Ford was one of three presidents to act as Grand Marshal of the Rose Parade. The others were Hoover, Nixon and Eisenhower. Nixon hadn't been president yet when he was Grand Marshal in 1953 and 1960.
I looked through the list of past Grand Marshals and see only a few people who did it more than once who were not parade organizers. That was a common practice before about 1920. Since then, these people have done it more than once:
Shirley Temple in 1939, 1989, and 1999
Bob Hope in 1947 and 1969
Richard M. Nixon, 1953 and 1960
Earl Warren in 1943 and 1955
George Lucas will be the Grand Marshal for 2007.
posted by cajrrman @ 5:44 PM
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5 Comments:
You have way too much time on your hands......
Who has more time? The one who writes the original post or the one who surf enough blogs to find this one and then comment on it?
I found your post very interesting. Who was the Grand Marshall in the 1948 Rose Parade?
The grand marshal of the 1948 parade was General Omar Bradley. You can see a list of all grand marshals here.
Hey, "a friend," it's his blog and he'll post whatever he wants to... or didn't you notice.
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