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The pirate-themed festival was not held again until 1910, when it was revived as part of a community celebration marking the opening of the Panama Canal. [24] In 1913, a Gasparilla Carnival that included a pirate parade and weekend festival was organized as an independent event, as it has remained ever since. [66]
Pirates are temporarily taking over downtown Tampa to celebrate Gasparilla, an annual pirate-themed festival.. Known as the city's "signature event," Gasparilla was named after famed Florida ...
José Gaspar, also known by his nickname Gasparilla (supposedly lived c. 1756 – 1821), is a mythical Spanish pirate who supposedly terrorized the Gulf of Mexico from his base in southwest Florida during Florida's second Spanish period (1783 to 1821).
Gasparilla may refer to: Gasparilla Pirate Festival, a large parade and related events held annually in Tampa, Florida; José Gaspar, also known as Gasparilla, a Spanish pirate from Florida folklore for whom the festival is named; Gasparilla Bowl, a college football post-season game played in Tampa, Florida
Revelers clad in pirate finery packed Tampa's waterfront Saturday as a flotilla of boats arrived for the city's annual Gasparilla Pirate Fest. Led by Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla, the invading ...
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Spain captured Pensacola in 1781 ... Though Gaspar is a well-known figure along Florida's Gulf coast and is celebrated at Tampa's annual Gasparilla Pirate Festival, ...
The third-largest annual parade in the United States, Tampa's Gasparilla Pirate Fest, held every January, draws hundreds of thousands to live out their swashbuckling fantasies and party like a pirate.