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Mardi Gras brings fun, economic impact to downtown Mardi Gras brings fun, economic impact to downtown. by · February 13, 2015 @ 7:00am · Michael Spooneybarger. The good times are set to roll this weekend as Pensacola’s Mardi Gras celebration culminates with parades, processions and parties downtown. The celebration of Mardi Gras’ last hurrah for 2015 kicks off on Friday night with the Krewe of Lafitte Illuminated Parade Friday night at 8 p.m. in downtown Pensacola. But the biggest event of the Mardi Gras celebration is on Saturday. Pensacola’s Grand Mardi Gras Parade rolls downtown at 2 p.m. According to Danny Zimmern, Pensacola Mardi Gras president, the parade itself features over 200 entries and 6,000 participants and many more attendees.
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Mardi Gras History Bienville also established Fort Louis de la Louisiane (which is now Mobile) in 1702. In 1703, the tiny settlement of Fort Louis de la Mobile celebrated America's very first Mardi Gras. In 1704, Mobile established a secret society (Masque de la Mobile), similar to those that form our current Mardi Gras krewes. It lasted until 1709.
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In St. Landry Parish, We Live Our Culture Children's Mardi Gras – To be announced Features a parade and special activities. Cajun Country Courir de Mardi Gras – February 5-9, 2016 Features daily live music, street dances, old fashioned fais do-do barn dances, youth and adult Mardi Gras runs, boucherie.
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Mardi Gras in New Orleans Revelers on St. Charles Avenue, 2007. The holiday of Mardi Gras is celebrated in Southern Louisiana. Celebrations are concentrated for about two weeks before and through Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday. Usually there is one major parade each day (weather permitting); many days have several large parades. The largest and most elaborate parades take place the last five days of the Mardi Gras season.
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Mobile Postal Service closings announced for Fat Tuesday View/Post Comments. (Press Register file photo). MOBILE, Alabama -- The U.S. Postal Service has announced that Mobile's post offices located along and near Mardi Gras parade routes will be closed on Fat Tuesday, Feb. 12. Mail delivery will also be suspended in specific ZIP code areas, according to a USPS news release.
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- Krewe of Endymion All Hail Endymion! Mardi Gras Main Event, the Krewe of Endymion Parade, will roll on Saturday, February 25, 2017 on it's traditional Mid-City route. The theme this year is The Constellations and will feature floats decorated with celestial symbols, such as a blue bear for the constellation Ursa Minor, twin cherubs for Gemini, and a huge fly for Musca, and many more.
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Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama A type of Mardi Gras festival was brought to Mobile by the founding French Catholic settlers of French Louisiana, as the celebration of Mardi Gras was part of preparation for Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent.
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LGBT Mardi Gras Gay Mardi Gras helped usher in the Gay Rights Movement in the United States, and is an important symbol and celebration of pride for the community and its allies. The New Orleans LGBT community welcomes visitors to join the party! Mardi Gras Balls
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- When it comes to big events, Biloxi’s Mardi Gras parade steals the show among the 23 “Fat Tuesday” parades held on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in February. A few weeks later, the annual Biloxi St. Patrick’s Parade & 5K Run follows suit.
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Welcome to Downtown Mobile Welcome to Downtown Mobile. Dauphin Street Virtual Walking Tour. Mobile was established in 1702 by the French in their bid for an empire in America. In 1711, the settlement moved down to its present location where the Mobile River and Mobile Bay meet, making it an important center for the Louisiana Territory. One of the principal streets in the new settlement was Dauphin, named for the son of Louis XIV.
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NOLA History: Mardi Gras, From the Beginning By 1830, public celebration on Mardi Gras became an organized parade in Mobile, Alabama. People in New Orleans took to the streets, but in a more disorderly fashion. Beginning in 1837, New Orleans had parades, but they were rowdy, almost riotous, to the point where civic leaders in the 1850s were seriously considering banning street celebrations.
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Mobile's Mardi Gras Mardi Gras celebrations first came to what is now Alabama with the early French explorers, who were led by Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville. He recorded the first observance of Mardi Gras in Mobile in his journal in 1699. Men in the camp marked the occasion with feasts, dancing, and a night of masked revelry.
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Mobile (Alabama) says it started Mardi Gras. What do you say? Y'all come back now. Back to Mardi Gras. While this claim is an article of faith among Mobile natives, we can't find that the city makes this claim. Neither does New Orleans.
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- Founded in 2002, the Mardi Gras Foundation is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 that raises money to provide Community Improvement Grants to the Soulard Neighborhood, which has hosted Soulard Mardi Gras since 1980, and to downtown St. Louis.
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Mardi Gras Fast Facts 1837 - First Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans. 1857 - First time floats appear in the parades. Festivities have been canceled 13 times before, most often during war-time. Mobile, Alabama, was the first place in the United States to celebrate Mardi Gras, and now holds the second largest celebration after New Orleans.
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Mardi Gras Floats Through History Mobile is Mardi Gras’ birthplace, and it began as a demure French-Catholic tradition. However, its first official Carnival association began in 1711 with the Boeuf Gras Society (Fatted Ox Society) in Mobile. They paraded through the streets with a huge bull’s head pushed along on wheels by 16 men.
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403 Forbidden Comments. Many governmental agencies will be closed Wednesday in observance of Mardi Gras Day. Most banks will also be closed. Wave Transit System: Administration closed Monday, March 3 and Tuesday, March 4. Buses operate Monday, March 3 and closed Tuesday, March 4. Mobile City Hall: Closed Monday, March 3 and Tuesday, March 4. Prichard City Hall: Closed ...
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- For some, it’s the traditional fare of extravagant parade floats, exquisite masks, and beautiful beads. For others, the image that comes to mind is that of wild parties, women flashing their breasts and the craziness that is Bourbon Street. Mardi Gras is a historical celebration that dates back thousands of years, and was intended to be a celebration on the eve of Lent.
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Let the good times roll (but not too much) (CNN) -- New Orleans, which embodies the spirit of Mardi Gras for much of the world, has consolidated its signature celebration away from damaged areas as the city struggles to find its footing after Hurricane Katrina. We have no model for this, says Arthur Hardy, longtime publisher of Mardi Gras Guide magazine.
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Mardi Gras Celebration Mardi Gras Celebration. Mardi Gras Upriver Festivities. Festival wristbands will be $10 this year and will be available for purchase at the entrance to the entertainment tent/beer garden or in the souvenir booth! Someone will be in both of those places starting Friday Feb. 24th afternoon! Friday, February 24, 2017.
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Mini Mardi Gras: New Orleansâ Only Petit Parade tit Rex pays homage to the childhood tradition in New Orleans of constructing miniature Mardi Gras floats at this year’s parade. During Carnival weekend, super krewes roam the streets of Uptown and Mid-City.
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- However, according to the Mobile Chamber of Commerce, Mobile is actually where the first Mardi Gras party originated. Mobile has plantations, forts, museums, and battleships. It is a great place to take the kids for both extended and day trips. Today, we took a day trip to Mobile and this is what we did!1. The Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center – The Exploreum helps to promote science literacy with its many exhibits and IMAX show.…] Alabama: Jennifer explores a little off the beaten path with A Day Trip: Five Things to Do in Mobile, Alabama with Your Kids posted at Two Kids and a Map, saying, “Mobile, Alabama is full of fantastic activities and […]. says: July 29, 2009 at 5:49 pm.
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- In that year, Mardi Gras occurred on the fifth of March, the day after the parade of the Fire Department. I appeared on the streets of New Orleans … in Mardi Gras costume and was (on) the special car of No. 13. My experience on that occasion was so pleasant that I determined on my return home that Mobile should have its own Mardi Gras celebration, and so announced in the Mobile Daily Tribune of that period.
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We See Youâre Using an Ad Blocker Monday, March 7, 2011 | 5 years ago. Mardi Gras is the annual celebration of beads, parades, costumes, and drinking in New Orleans. Though Mardi Gras is celebrated for weeks, the main party is Fat Tuesday. If you haven't already planned your New Orleans getaway, you're probably too late to celebrate there. Luckily, there are a bunch of restaurants and bars right here in South Florida that are celebrating Mardi Gras this Tuesday. Lulu's Bait Shack in Beach Place is having its 12th-annual Mardi Gras celebration.