Fred Rogers, star of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, would have been 80 years old today. In honor of his birthday, Mr McFeely asks you to wear your favorite sweater.
Rogers’ favorite sweater is now on display at the Smithsonian Institutions’ Museum of American History. Wear A Sweater Day is part of "Won’t You Be My Neighbor?" Days (March 15-20) in Pittsburgh. Link -via Metafilter
"We’re asking everyone everywhere — from Pittsburgh to Paris — to wear their favorite sweater on that day," he asks in his best speedy delivery voice. "It doesn’t have to have a zipper down the front like the one Mister Rogers wore on the program, it just has to be special to you."
Rogers’ favorite sweater is now on display at the Smithsonian Institutions’ Museum of American History. Wear A Sweater Day is part of "Won’t You Be My Neighbor?" Days (March 15-20) in Pittsburgh. Link -via Metafilter
He wrote me back, personally! (I still have that letter framed, on my wall.)
Then, he spoke at my college graduation. Best. Commencement speaker. Ever.