Obama's Inaugural Parade to Include MLK, Tuskegee Airmen Floats

Will also honor his birthplace

President Obama will have floats representing Dr. Martin Luther King and the Tuskegee Airmen at his inaugural parade on January 21. Just a day after he is sworn in privately to begin his second term as President, the ceremony will include a float honoring the civil rights leader, as well as an almost full-size replica of the red-tailed fighter plane flown by the famed Tuskegee Airmen, the first African American military aviators in the U.S. Armed Forces. Additional floats will represent Hawaii, Pennsylvania, and Illinois — the respective birthplaces of President Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and first lady Michelle Obama. (Washington Post)

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