WINTER PARK, Fla. (AP) — A little rain didn’t stop it from being a beautiful day at Rollins College in Florida this week as a bronze sculpture to beloved children’s TV host Mister Rogers was unveiled.
School officials held up umbrellas during Thursday’s ceremony as they pulled back a drape on the work entitled “A Beautiful Day for a Neighbor.”
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Years before the world came to know him as Mister Rogers, Rollins College says Fred McFeely Rogers graduated from the central Florida school in 1951.
Now he's best known for writing and appearing in 912 episodes of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood."
The sculpture shows Rogers in his iconic sweater and tennis shoes, surrounded by children.
