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Mardi Gras Dates New Orleans’ BIG annual event, Mardi Gras, is always the day before Ash Wednesday which itself is always forty days before Easter (excluding Sundays). But to simplify matters for carnival historians–and for those eager to partake in the revelries to come–here is a list of dates for Mardi Gras celebrations back to 1947 as well as for the years through 2050. Pass a good Mardi Gras in New Orleans, 1969. From Photos by Eugene Guccione. Today a special sort of society enters the Mardi Gras students. Affected by the February blahs, students, if not on break, cut classes for the opportunity of viewing part of History 135. Vidette photographers Greg Fox and Mike Thomas joined the action in New Orleans this year for three days. New Orleans, Louisiana February 1969 Set features pictures of a Mardi Gras parade on Canal Street, downtown New Orleans. Part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of Nick DeWolf. Image numbers indicate date, followed by sequential # in set. Vance and his new New Orleans friends forged ahead, selecting Mardi Gras Fountain on the lakefront as the site and reaching out to bands to play for free. On Sunday, June 22, the love-in went on, gathering an estimated 400 people into a “sea of pulsating humanity” where “beads and bell bottoms shook and swayed” and “beer flowed 0216B69 13 new orleans, louisiana. february 1969 . mardi gras, canal street . part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf 1969 MARDI GRAS SCORED BY CRITICS; Fighting, Drunkenness and Debris Are Denounced Mardi Gras, the carefree, rollicking celebration that grips Louisiana prior to the start of Lent, was a record Here, then, for your amusement as well as your information, is a list of Mardi Gras dates, past, present, and future, from 1950 until 2050: 1950 - February 21 1951 - February 6 1952 - February 26 1953 - February 17 1954 - March 2 1955 - February 22 1956 - February 14 1957 - March 5 1958 - February 18 1959 - February 10 1960 - March 1 1961 Mardi Gras (UK: / ˌ m ɑːr d i ˈ ɡ r ɑː /, US: / ˈ m ɑːr d i ɡ r ɑː /; [1] [2] also known as Shrove Tuesday) is the final day of Carnival (also known as Shrovetide or Fastelavn); it thus falls on the day before the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday. [3] Detailed information about the coin Mardi Gras Token, Chief Choctaw (Where You Wish Upon a Star; New Orleans, Louisiana), United States, with pictures and collection and swap management: mintage, descriptions, metal, weight, size, value and other numismatic data This report shows the past weather for New Orleans, providing a weather history for 1969. It features all historical weather data series we have available, including the New Orleans temperature history for 1969. You can drill down from year to month and even day level reports by clicking on the graphs. I knew not the art of catching a throw listed by Vincent Spear in his 1969 pamphlet, Techniques of Mardi Gras Throw-Catching; or, How to Ruin a $50 Sport Coat to Catch a 10¢ Necklace. News film of Mardi Gras April 1969 was discovered on one of our recent STV 8 News Archive reels. Miss Mardi Gras entrants Rayleene Kirby, Kayleene Jones, Helen Daley, Benda Thompson and Margaret Watt can be seen riding on open cars and as usual there’s plenty of Marching Girls and Little Athletics competitors. Detailed information about the coin Mardi Gras Token, Krewe of Zeus (A Master's Touch; Metairie, Louisiana), United States, with pictures and collection and swap management: mintage, descriptions, metal, weight, size, value and other numismatic data Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gras) in 1969 is on Tuesday, February 18 (third Tuesday of February). Check also the date of Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gras) in 2026 and in the following years. Toggle navigation Toggle search box Calendar-12.com 12 months a year, day by day Click on the Mardi Gras krewes below for further information about the krewe and to see their usual route for each parade. Please note: Events and activities are subject to change without notice. Stay tuned to the site for further info. The Elertric Prunes - (Kyrie Eleison) Mardi Gras (When The Saints) - Album 1969 - Easy Rider (Soundtrack) Detailed information about the coin Mardi Gras Token, Rhea (Rhea Takes a Holiday; Jefferson Parish, Louisiana), United States, with pictures and collection and swap management: mintage, descriptions, metal, weight, size, value and other numismatic data 1969 Holidays. View here the holidays in the United States in 2025, including 1969 Holidays and also every other holiday in the USA. February 18, 1969: Mardi Gras Heymann's granddaughter, Claire Heymann, became Queen Evangeline XXX in 1969, 100 years after Lafayette's first recorded Mardi Gras celebration. Mardi Gras present: Lafayette Mardi Gras parade
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