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Reagan to be featured at Rose Parade

Former President Ronald Reagan will be honored in the 2011 Rose Parade with a specially designed float - the first time that the Rose Parade has ever included a presidential-themed float.

The Rose Parade feature is designed to kick off a celebration events to commemorate the centennial of Reagan's birth. He would have been 100 years old on February 6, 2011.

President Reagan's unique honor is 55 feet long and 26 feet high. It features 11 black and white photos of "iconic moments" in Reagan's life, a statue of the president modeled after his statue in the US Capitol Rotunda, a sculpture of a bald eagle, and 65,000 red roses....

Read entire article at CNN