Photos: Rex rolled through New Orleans just as the sun peaked out from behind the clouds
2024 Rex and Queen are John Eastman and Ellie Montgomery
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Rex parades down St. Charles Avenue on Mardi Gras in New Orleans on Tuesday, February 13, 2024. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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Ellie Montgomery, the Queen of Carnival, waves as she waits for Rex at the InterContinental New Orleans on St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans on Tuesday, February 13, 2024. (Staff photo by Brett Duke, The Times-Picayune)
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Rex 2024 John Eastman acknowledges, family, friends, and member of Rex as his float heads toward Canal Street on Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (Staff Photo by David Grunfeld, The Times-Picayune)
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Georgia Candebat, three months, looks like the perfect Cabbage Patch Kid while being pushed in a stroller by her dad, Casey, as they hang out along the Rex parade route on Mardi Gras in New Orleans on Tuesday, February 13, 2024. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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Archbishop Chapelle and Archbishop Rummel students march in the Rex parade on Mardi Gras in New Orleans on Tuesday, February 13, 2024. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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Rex parades down St. Charles Ave. on Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (Staff Photo by David Grunfeld, The Times-Picayune)
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Members of Inner City Arts Academy from Memphis dance and raise their instruments into the air as they entertain the crowds waiting for Rex to start moving again along the St. Charles Avenue parade route on Mardi Gras in New Orleans on Tuesday, February 13, 2024. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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Rex parades down St. Charles Ave. on Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (Staff Photo by David Grunfeld, The Times-Picayune)
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Members of Inner City Arts Academy from Memphis entertain the crowds waiting for Rex to start moving again along the St. Charles Avenue parade route on Mardi Gras in New Orleans on Tuesday, February 13, 2024. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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Crowds watch as Rex parades down St. Charles Avenue on Mardi Gras in New Orleans on Tuesday, February 13, 2024. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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Hanging out along the Rex parade route in New Orleans on Tuesday, February 13, 2024. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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Hanging out along the Rex parade route in New Orleans on Tuesday, February 13, 2024. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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Rex parades down St. Charles Avenue on Mardi Gras in New Orleans on Tuesday, February 13, 2024. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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Rex parades down St. Charles Avenue on Mardi Gras in New Orleans on Tuesday, February 13, 2024. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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Rex parades down St. Charles Avenue on Mardi Gras in New Orleans on Tuesday, February 13, 2024. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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Rex parades down St. Charles Avenue on Mardi Gras in New Orleans on Tuesday, February 13, 2024. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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Rex 2024, John Eastman, waves to the crowds passing him along the parade route on Mardi Gras in New Orleans on Tuesday, February 13, 2024. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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Rex 2024, John Eastman, waves to the crowds passing him along the parade route on Mardi Gras in New Orleans on Tuesday, February 13, 2024. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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Rex parades down St. Charles Avenue on Mardi Gras in New Orleans on Tuesday, February 13, 2024. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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Rex parades down St. Charles Avenue on Mardi Gras in New Orleans on Tuesday, February 13, 2024. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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Rex riders on the float Boeuf Gras on Mardi Gras in New Orleans on Tuesday, February 13, 2024. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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Archbishop Chapelle and Archbishop Rummel students march in the Rex parade on Mardi Gras in New Orleans on Tuesday, February 13, 2024. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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Members of Inner City Arts Academy from Memphis waiting for Rex to start moving again along the St. Charles Avenue parade route on Mardi Gras in New Orleans on Tuesday, February 13, 2024. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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Going for the full Cafe Du Monde powered sugar theme, sisters Meredith Tufton, Anne Delery, and Ashley Delery, stand next to Ollie, two months, dressed as a beignet, along the Rex parade route on Mardi Gras in New Orleans on Tuesday, February 13, 2024. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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Members of the Ross Volunteers from Texas A&M lead the Rex parade on Mardi Gras in New Orleans on Tuesday, February 13, 2024. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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Ellie Montgomery, the Queen of Carnival, receives a flower as she waits for Rex at the InterContinental New Orleans on St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans on Tuesday, February 13, 2024. (Staff photo by Brett Duke, The Times-Picayune)
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Rex parades down St. Charles Ave. on Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (Staff Photo by David Grunfeld, The Times-Picayune)
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Rex 2024 John Eastman acknowledges the crowd at the InterContinental New Orleans on St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans on Tuesday, February 13, 2024. (Staff photo by Brett Duke, The Times-Picayune)
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All hands were in the air as the Rex parade makes its way along St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans on Tuesday, February 13, 2024. (Staff photo by Brett Duke, The Times-Picayune)
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The Rex parade makes its way along St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans on Tuesday, February 13, 2024. (Staff photo by Brett Duke, The Times-Picayune)
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