On Tuesday, as Mardi Gras revelers flock to New Orleans to celebrate the end of Carnival, it will be no different. They’ll be watching Bourbon Street on Mardi Gras (and every other day) By How New Orleans is preparing for Mardi Gras after Bourbon Street attack The rooftop snipers, bomb-sniffing dogs and armored vehicles seen during the Super Bowl will be back in the French Quarter How New Orleans is preparing for Mardi Gras after Bourbon Street attack. Dylan Stableford. February 26, 2025 at 8:44 AM. The Krewe of Rex parade takes place during Mardi Gras in 2024. (Erika Revelers throw beads from the balcony of the Royal Sonesta Hotel onto crowds on Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras festivities in the French Quarter in New Orleans, March 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) Only two months ago, a driver raced a rented Ford F-150 truck down several crowded blocks of Bourbon Street in the city’s French Quarter, intentionally ramming dozens of pedestrians. Mardi Gras colored flowers at the memorial to the Bourbon Street massacre victims at the corner of Canal and Bourbon streets in New Orleans on Tuesday, January 7, 2025. (Photo by Chris Granger When is Mardi Gras? Every year, Mardi Gras season begins on Twelfth Night, which is January 6. Twelfth Night represents the Christian holy day of the Epiphany. The season, which represents a time of celebration before Christian Lent, lasts until Fat Tuesday. Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras Day, is March 4 Wartime Bourbon Street was memorably depicted in Erle Stanley Gardner's detective novel "Owls Don't Blink". After the war, Bourbon Street became the new Storyville in terms of reputation. [8] By the 1940s and 1950s, nightclubs lined Bourbon Street; there were over 50 different burlesque and striptease shows and venues with exotic dancers. [8] After the attack in Nice, New Orleans installed steel bollards that could be electronically raised and lowered around Bourbon Street, but the bollards were either in disrepair or were laxly used Bourbon street is cleaned up after Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018. They’ll be watching Bourbon Street on Mardi Gras (and every other day) Private lunar lander Blue Ghost aces moon touchdown with a special delivery for NASA Vance previously slammed Zelensky for This first-time New Orleans Mardi Gras guide shares everything you need to know about visiting NOLA during the carnival season, including Mardi Gras tips, best parades, partying on Bourbon Street, hotels, restaurants, bars, activities, and more. A NOPD patrol vehicle drives down Bourbon Street just after midnight as they ceremoniously close down Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. Members of mounted patrols led the way. Contrary to popular belief, Mardi Gras is so much more than just a boozy party on Bourbon Street. As a four-year Mardi Gras veteran (Roll Wave!) I have a few tips and tricks up my sleeve that will make your Mardi Gras experience one to remember (in a good way). Mardi Gras is the third big test for New Orleans since the horrific Jan. 1 truck-ramming and shooting rampage on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter was allegedly carried out by a 42-year-old U.S. Army veteran investigators say was inspired by the ISIS terrorist group. People view a memorial on Canal Street near Bourbon Street in New Orleans on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, to honor the victims of the recent attack.
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