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2. Krewe of Cleopatra - Wikipedia

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   The Krewe of Cleopatra is one of the few Super Krewes with only female members [2] (with over 2,200 members and one of the largest parades participating in the New Orleans Mardi Gras). [3][4] The Krewe of Cleopatra was founded in 1972 by Dolores "Tuttie" Kepner, [5] becoming the first Carnival Club for women on the West Bank of the Mississippi ...

3. Mardi Gras throws - Wikipedia

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   Mardi Gras throws are strings of beads, doubloons, cups, or other trinkets passed out or thrown from the floats for Mardi Gras celebrations, particularly in New Orleans, the Mobile, Alabama, and parades throughout the Gulf Coast of the United States, to spectators lining the streets. The "gaudy plastic jewelry, toys, and other mementos [are ...

4. Gretna, Louisiana - Wikipedia

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   Gretna is the second-largest city in, and parish seat of, Jefferson Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. [4][5] Gretna lies on the west bank of the Mississippi River, just east and across the river from uptown New Orleans. It is part of the New Orleans – Metairie – Kenner metropolitan statistical area. The population was 17,814 at the ...

5. Mardi Gras Doubloons - Wikipedia

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   Mardi Gras doubloons were first created by New Orleans artist and entrepreneur H. Alvin Sharpe in 1959. [2] Sharpe had his own metal dies for striking the doubloons from aluminum blanks. He presented a design to Darwin Schreiver Fenner, who was the captain of the Krewe of Rex , the leading Mardi Gras organization of the time. [ 3 ]

6. McDonoghville - Wikipedia

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   The portion on the Orleans side was absorbed into Algiers and then into New Orleans in 1870, while the portion on the Jefferson side was absorbed into Gretna in 1913. [1] In 2020, Gretna began the process of nominating McDonoghville for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. [2]

7. New Orleans metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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   The New Orleans metropolitan area, designated the New Orleans–Metairie metropolitan statistical area by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, [3] or simply Greater New Orleans (French: Grande Nouvelle-Orléans, Spanish: Gran Nueva Orleans), is a metropolitan statistical area designated by the United States Census Bureau encompassing seven Louisiana parishes—the equivalent of counties ...