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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?
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.
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.
Still, the first official Mardi Gras parade didn't happen until centuries later, and its location is up for debate. The Big Easy is almost synonymous with Mardi Gras, but some claim that Mobile ...
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 ...
Redondo Beach Historical Museum Redondo Beach: Greater Los Angeles Area: Local history: Located in the 1904 Queen Anne House [24] Richardson House and Lizzie's Trail Inn Sierra Madre: San Gabriel Valley: Historic site: website, operated by the Sierra Madre Historical Preservation Society Rowland Home & Dibble Museum: Hacienda Heights: San ...
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 ...
Historic district adjacent to Central Avenue Corridor in South Los Angeles; part of the African Americans in Los Angeles Multiple Property Submission (MPS) 2: 52nd Place Historic District: 52nd Place Historic District: June 11, 2009 : Along E. 52nd Place [6