Posted on 10/19/2005 4:26:30 PM PDT by La Enchiladita
Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, has been chosen to be the 2006 Rose Parade grand marshal by Libby Evans Wright, the first woman to serve as president of the Tournament of Roses. O'Connor, who plans to retire after 24 years on the bench, will lead the 117th Rose Parade on Jan. 2, tournament officials announced from Washington, D.C., Tuesday on a satellite feed.
The theme of the 2006 Rose Parade is "It's Magical.'
O'Connor, 75, recalled that when she was a child, she traveled "several times' with her parents from their Arizona ranch to Pasadena to watch the parade.
"That's exactly what I thought as a child when I got to go to the Rose Bowl parade,' O'Connor said from Washington. "It's magical. It still is, it always was and it always will be. The experience was indeed magical, and I have kept it with me. I'm looking forward to sharing this parade with my grandchildren.
"I cannot think of a more exciting way to begin the next chapter in my life than by riding down Colorado Boulevard as grand marshal of the 2006 Tournament of Roses,' she said.
"I selected Sandra Day O'Connor because her accomplishments are a shining example for us all,' Wright said. "I am so very honored that she has accepted my nomination.'
O'Connor is the second Supreme Court justice to be named grand marshal. The first was Earl Warren, former Republican governor of California and U.S. Supreme Court chief justice, who was grand marshal in 1943 and 1955.
As grand marshal, O'Connor also will help begin the Rose Bowl game on Jan. 4 with the traditional coin toss.
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Barney Frank named Queen.
Rose Parade ping!
To follow this shining example, we are supposed to do what exactly?
You couldn't wait to use that graphic, could you? :-)
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