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The Tournament of Roses Parade has become such a large event that it requires 65,000 hours of combined manpower each year, or the equivalent of roughly 7.42 years of combined manpower. The Tournament of Roses Association has 935 members, each of whom is assigned to one of 34 committees, and 38 student ambassadors.
Cincinnati radio legend Jim Scott will serve as the parade's honorary grand marshal. The former WLW-AM (700) morning radio host was diagnosed with ALS , also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, in 2022.
A number of years have featured multiple grand marshals, with the most in one parade being 1952, when seven Medal of Honor recipients were the grand marshals. Dr. Dr. Francis F. Rowland has been the grand marshal more than any other person - a total of seven times, in 1890, 1892, 1894, 1904, 1905, 1910 (this year sharing this duty with Prof ...
Over the years a number of other awards have been created, including the Thomas Rohan Award (1957), named for the first grand marshall, for citizens contributing outstanding work to the parade; the John F. Kennedy Award (1958), named for its inaugural recipient, has been given to an "Outstanding American of Irish Descent" each year since that ...
The grand marshal of the 2024 Cincinnati Reds Opening Day Parade has been announced. Cincinnati radio legend Jim Scott will serve as the honorary grand marshal of the Findlay Market Parade on ...
This year’s St. Patrick’s Day parade grand marshal is local - and proud of it | Opinion
In the 200th year of the tradition, the Savannah St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee bestowed the honor of grand marshal for 2024 on John Forbes.
Grand marshal: A parade dignitary (for example, Grand Marshal of the Tournament of Roses Parade). Grand marshal: A person selected at an automobile race (e.g. NASCAR, IndyCar) by the track owner or race sponsor to be the public leader of events on race day or throughout the race weekend. They may have ceremonial duties such as giving the ...