Floral floats rolled under sunny skies as the Rose Parade drew thousands of revelers for Southern California's colorful New Year's Day tradition. The 129th annual parade got started Monday in Pasadena with an announcement by the grand marshal, actor Gary Sinise, and a military flyover. Hundreds of thousands of people lined the street to watch 39 floats decked out with countless flowers, along with show horses, marching bands and celebrities. It has rained only once on the Rose Parade in the past six decades — that was in 2006 — and it has never been canceled because of weather. The 104th Rose Bowl was scheduled later in the day just a few blocks away from the parade.

Source: ABC News January 01, 2018 09:12 UTC