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2. Striker's Independent Society - Wikipedia

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   Mobile's Mardi Gras history spans over 300 years, as customs changed with the ruling nations: Mobile was the capital of French Louisiana in 1702, then British in 1763, then Spanish in 1780, entered the Republic of Alabama, was declared American in 1812 (captured in 1813), a U.S. state in 1819, then Confederate in 1860, then became American ...

3. Mystic society - Wikipedia

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   The Order of Doves mystic society was founded in 1894 and held its first Mardi Gras ball. It was the first organized African-American mystic society in Mobile. [2] The first mystic of women was the M.W.M who held its first and likely only ball in 1890 and the first women's society to parade in the streets of Mobile was the Order of Polka Dots ...

4. Mardi Gras - Wikipedia

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   The first year that Mardi Gras was celebrated on a grand scale in Galveston was 1871 with the emergence of two rival Mardi Gras societies, or "Krewes" called the Knights of Momus (known only by the initials "K.O.M.") and the Knights of Myth, both of which devised night parades, masked balls, exquisite costumes and elaborate invitations.

5. Fun, Fascinating Mardi Gras Facts That You Didn't Know - AOL

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   The first Mardi Gras in America would be celebrated in 1703 in nearby Mobile. ... with each ball naming its own krewe royalty. Over the years, the krewes — once the provenance of the city’s ...

6. 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 ...

7. What's the History of Mardi Gras? What You Need to Know ... - AOL

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