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2. Carnival Memphis - Wikipedia

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   1878 Memphis Mardi Gras invitation to pageants occurring on March 3, 1878 and March 4, 1878. [7] Though the celebration of Memphis Mardi Gras saw great success, the massive Yellow Fever outbreak and the decline of the city in the 1880s cause the gradual decline of Mardi Gras. By roughly the turn of the century, the party was over.

3. Does Memphis celebrate Mardi Gras? Get out those beads ... - AOL

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   Memphis is preparing to host a number of Mardi Gras events for the holiday this month. Are you ready to attend?

4. List of museums in Tennessee - Wikipedia

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   Website, store and museum with memorabilia from the Dukes of Hazzard television show Cordell Hull Birthplace State Park: Byrdstown: Pickett: Middle: Biographical: Log cabin birthplace and museum about Cordell Hull, politician and Secretary of State under Cordova Museum: Cordova: Shelby: West: Local history: website: The Cotton Museum: Memphis ...

5. Downtown Memphis to celebrate 'Mardi Gras on Main Street ...

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   Downtown Memphis will be the site of a five-day Mardi Gras celebration. The “Mardi Gras on Main Street” festival will run Feb. 9-13. The event will celebrate “the vibrant culture of Downtown ...

6. Mardi Gras in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Mardi Gras arrived in North America as a sedate French Catholic tradition with the Le Moyne brothers, [3] Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville and Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, in the late 17th century, when King Louis XIV sent the pair to defend France's claim on the territory of Louisiane, which included what are now the U.S. states of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.

7. The History of Mardis Gras in 10 Facts - AOL

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   Since its first impromptu celebrations in the early 1700's, Mardi Gras was regularly cancelled or banned for its destructive drunken parties—that is until 1837, when a secret society known as ...

8. List of museums in Alabama - Wikipedia

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   AKA Alabama Historical Radio Society Museum [57] Dowling Museum and Rudd Art Center: Ozark: Dale County: Southeastern art [58] EarlyWorks Children's History Museum: Huntsville Madison Hands-on children's museum, includes the Talking Tree [59] Evelyn Burrow Museum: Hanceville: Cullman: Wallace State College [60] Fairhope Museum of History ...

9. The History of Mardi Gras Is Just as Fun and Exciting as the ...

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   The very first American Mardi Gras celebration took place in March 1699 after two French settlers landed near present-day New Orleans and brought their traditions with them. The French colonists ...