11.   The ceremony is due to be held in April.

12.   But he still made the best of his big moment by bounding on to the podium to collect his medal after the official ceremony was over.

13.   He said such ceremonies were popular with tourists and it was likely people would notice the ceremonies were not as spectacular.

14.   The ceremony is uniquely Japanese, and is performed as a stately rite.

15.   Although a formal ceremony is two months away, the Parks Department is already operating the park.

16.   Although there will be ceremonies in Austin and San Antonio, officials in Dallas and Houston drew nervous blanks when asked about their plans to celebrate the big event.

17.   An hour later, the ceremony was almost finished.

18.   Among those attending the Rose Garden ceremony was Rep. Gene Green, D-Texas.

19.   Among those attending the ceremony at Tamarind was Mary McLeod Bethune, the black education pioneer who also founded what is now Bethune-Cookman College in Daytona Beach.