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Looking up Bourbon Street toward the New Orleans Central Business District Tile mosaic explaining that the name of the street was Calle de Borbón when New Orleans was capital of the Spanish Province of Louisiana from 1762 to 1803. Bourbon Street (French: Rue Bourbon, Spanish: Calle de Borbón) is a historic street in the heart of the French ...
The first record of Mardi Gras being celebrated in Louisiana was at the mouth of the Mississippi River in what is now lower Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, on March 2, 1699. Iberville, Bienville, and their men celebrated it as part of an observance of Catholic practice. The date of the first celebration of the festivities in New Orleans is unknown.
Louisiana authorities have promised much tighter security will be implemented in New Orleans for the upcoming Mardi Gras ... when 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar drove a truck down Bourbon Street, ...
[45] [46] Among the website's features was the "Bourbocam", placed in the window of a French Quarter bar to broadcast images of Bourbon Street. During the 1996 Mardi Gras, it was one of the first internet webcams to carry a live news event. [47] In early 1998, that site was superseded by www.nolalive.com, launched by Advance Publications.
As anyone who’s lived in Louisiana knows, Mardi Gras is always a special time. If you’re new to the large-than-life celebration that is Mardi Gras, here are nine local-approved tips to keep in ...
Mardi Gras 2025: When is Fat Tuesday? What to know about the last day of Mardi Gras. What is Mardi Gras? The Centaur Mardi Gras Parade Saturday afternoon, February 22, 2025, in downtown Shreveport.
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.
Bourbon Street reopened on Thursday to a light crowd as tourists and locals veered away from the world-famous destination after an attacker plowed through crowds of revealers, killing more than a ...