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Joe Cain as "Slacabamorinico". Joseph Stillwell Cain Jr. (October 10, 1832 – April 17, 1904) was an American Confederate military veteran largely credited with initiating the modern way of observing Mardi Gras and its celebrations in Mobile, Alabama, following the Civil War. [1]
For the full Mobile Mardi Gras experience, one must attend Joe Cain Day and its uniquely Mobile events. Meet his Merry Widows at Church Street Graveyard to watch his veiled widows argue over who was Cain’s favorite and afterward break into celebration and toss their signature black wares.
Joe Cain (1832-1904) is regarded as the founder of Mobile 's modern-day Mardi Gras celebration. In 1866, Cain paraded through downtown Mobile dressed as an imagined Indian chief, an act that helped rejuvenate the city's carnival tradition after the Civil War.
Joseph Stillwell Cain was born in 1839 in Mobile, Alabama. He served in the Confederate Army and became a businessman after the Civil War. He is a prominent figure in the history of Mobile, Alabama, who is credited with reviving the city’s Mardi Gras traditions in the late 19th century.
After having their traditional gathering at Joe Cain's gravesite postponed last year due to COVID-19, the Merry Widows of Joe Cain -- a group of women dress in all-black -- returned to...
Joe Cain Day, the day-long community-wide festivity that always occurs on the Sunday before Fat Tuesday, has served for decades as the antithesis to the mystic societies and private,...
The coronavirus pandemic canceled much of the revelry that is associated with Joe Cain Day, which is celebrated in Mobile on the Sunday before Fat Tuesday.
1868 – 1881 Joe Cain first took to the streets on Mardi Gras in front of his Lost Cause Minstrel Band to revive the spirit of Mobile following the War and to create a festival for the people, one that anyone could participate in without joining a “mystic.” He led his merry band for some…
Joe Cain is regarded as the founder of Mobile’s modern-day Mardi Gras celebration. Before the Civil War, Mobile Mardi Gras was celebrated in conjunction with festivities to ring in the New Year, but the War put an end to these celebrations.
Joe Cain was Joseph Stillwell Cain, a Civil War veteran credited with the revival of Mardi Gras in Mobile, Ala., in 1866. He and six other veterans paraded through town to taunt Union troops who had occupied the city.