New Orleans - Mardi Gras Rex Parade on Napoleon Ave - 6 March 1973.jpg 1,578 × 1,067; 672 KB Zulu SAPC Mardi Gras 1974 Special Extracted King Zulu 1973.jpg 593 × 383; 128 KB Zulu SAPC Mardi Gras 1974 Special Extracted Queen Zulu 1973 Lucille Armstrong.jpg 593 × 391; 145 KB 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 Prior to 1984, the previous time Mardi Gras fell on March 6 was 1973. If there ever was a year where Mardi Gras felt inappropriate, other than in the wake of Hurricanes Betsy and Katrina, or during hte middle of World Wars, it had to be 1973. Mardi Gras 1973 marked the first time parades were not allowed to travel the streets of the French Quarter. Right: A woman sits on the curb during the Mardi Gras parade, 1973. Ernst Haas / Getty Images An older gentleman and a young boy watch the Mardi Gras parade, 1978. Parading in the French Quarter was banned in 1973. Photo courtesy Arthur Hardy. Facebook; Twitter; Bob Hope’s appearance as Bacchus and the creation of Metairie’s first Mardi Gras Day NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 26 (AP) — Thousands of persons jammed city streets today as succession of parades officially opened the Mardi Gras season. The parades and festivities will continue daily until Modern-day Mardi Gras celebrations has gone through many incarnations, from elegant balls to bead-strewn parades. Here are vintage photos of the Big Easy's biggest day. 1973. These politically It is part of the street lingo of Mardi Gras in New Orleans. The floats of the Mardi Gras parade hand out beads, doubloons, and other trinkets to spectators lining the streets. Bruce Gilden was a young photographer in 1974 when he first went to Mardi Gras to shoot his first personal essay away from New York City. However, when Gilden first 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 Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gras) in 1973 is on Tuesday, March 6 (first Tuesday of March). 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 Watch Manfred Mann's Earth Band perform "Mardi Gras Day" from their 1973 album Messin. 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. Day numbers. Day numbers 2025; Day numbers 2026; Day numbers 2027; March 6, 1973: Mardi Gras Carnival (New Orleans) Tuesday-March 11, 1973: Daylight Saving (Start) Defiant New Orleans police officers burn uniform shirts on the steps of police headquarters at 715 S. Broad St. on Feb. 9, 1979, the second day of a strike that threatened Mardi Gras season parades. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1973 Vinyl release of "Mardi Gras Day" on Discogs. Click on the Mardi Gras krewes below for further information about the krewe and to see their usual route for each parade. Mande Kings Day 3:00pm view map manfred mann's earth band - Mardi Gras Day - Messin 1973 US Dept of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Weather Service New Orleans/Baton Rouge 62300 Airport Rd. Slidell, LA 70460-5243 In 1973 this all-female organization was charted in the city of Kenner, and the women held their first 7 processions there before adopting the standardized veterans Memorial Boulevard parade route, which more than a dozen Jefferson krewes share. The War is Over’ in the Mardi Gras Parade, 1973. 0 Points Upvote Downvote #80 The Rex Pageant, Mardi Gras Day, 1900s. 0 Points Upvote Downvote. Written by Kevin Clark.
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