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On February 27, 1827, a group of masked and costumed students dance through the streets of New Orleans, Louisiana, marking the beginning of the city’s famous Mardi Gras celebrations. This Day In Revelers celebrated Mardi Gras in New Orleans for the first time on this day in history, Feb. 27, 1827. But Mobile, Alabama, celebrated the first Mardi Gras in America in 1703. Mardi Gras is a tradition that dates back thousands of years to pagan celebrations of spring and New Orleans Mardi Gras . The first American Mardi Gras took On Mardi Gras in 1827, a group New Orleans was established in 1718 by Bienville. By the 1730s, Mardi Gras was celebrated openly in New Orleans, but not with the parades we know today. In the early 1740s, Louisiana's governor, the Marquis de Vaudreuil, established elegant society balls, which became the model for the New Orleans Mardi Gras balls of today. The people of New Orleans took to the streets to celebrate Mardi Gras for the first time on this day in history, Feb. 27, 1827. "A group of students in masks and costumes paraded through the streets, partying and dancing," reports National Geographic about the origins of the festival in New Orleans. On this day in 1827, a group of masked and costumed students dance through the streets of New Orleans, Louisiana, marking the beginning of the city’s famous Mardi Gras celebrations. Today in History: February 27, 1827 “No party is any fun unless seasoned with folly.” – Desiderius Erasmus. Mimicking what they had seen done in Paris, a group of boisterous masked students decked out in colorful costumes took to the streets of New Orleans on February 27, 1827, in what would be the first of the city’s many world famous Mardi Gras celebrations. The first record of Mardi Gras being celebrated in Louisiana was at the mouth of the Mississippi River in what is now lower Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, on March 2, 1699. Iberville, Bienville, and their men celebrated it as part of an observance of Catholic practice. The date of the first celebration of the festivities in New Orleans is unknown. From History.com: On February 27, 1827, a group of masked and costumed students dance through the streets of New Orleans, Louisiana, marking the beginning of the city’s famous Mardi Gras celebrations. The celebration of Carnival—or the Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday, which takes place March 4, marks the party’s climax and the end of Carnival Season on the Gulf Coast. The conclusion falls the day before Ash Wednesday and is seen as a final day of feasting and revelry before the solemnity of Lent. 1927. Masked students danced through the streets of New Orleans in what is considered the city’s first Mardi Gras celebration.. 1933. Germany’s parliament building, the Reichstag, was gutted In the 1700s Mardi Gras was first observed in New Orleans - and early celebrations had a decidedly evil and raucous element, according to Robert Tallant's book "Mardi Gras." Things got pretty The first documented appearances of the Indians dates back to 1746, there are 40 active tribes that participate in parades and events during Mardi Gras, Super Sundays and St. Joseph’s Day The first citywide Mardi Gras takes place in New Orleans, Louisiana. A tradition that evolved from ancient festivals before it marked the beginning of the Christian season of Lent, the Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans now draws around 1 million revelers annually today. The fact that the first Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans dates back to when a group of masked students danced through the streets. Since "a rich plantation owner hosting an official Mardi Gras party in 1833" I would have thought that would have been the official beginning. 1869 John Menard is 1st African American to make a speech in the US Congress; 1871 Meeting of Alabama claims commission; 1872 Charlotte Ray, 1st African American woman lawyer in USA, graduates from Howard University; 1873 Dutch socialist Samuel van Wooden demands law against child labor; 1874 Baseball 1st played in England at Lord's Cricket Ground When is Mardi Gras 2025? This year, Mardi Gras, which translates from French to "Fat Tuesday," is on March 4. Ash Wednesday is on March 5, the day marking the start of the 40-day Lenten season The first Mardi Gras parade was held in New Orleans by the Krewe of Comus in 1857, and in 1870, Mardi Gras’ second Krewe, the Twelfth Night Revelers, began tossing “throws” (more on these iconic parts of Mardi Gras later). Feb 27 1st Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans; Feb 28 1st commercial railroad in US, Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) chartered; Mar 7 Shrigley Abduction: Ellen Turner, a wealthy heiress in Cheshire, England, is abducted by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, a future politician in colonial New Zealand; Mar 15 University of Toronto is chartered
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