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 In 1953, the sesquicentennial of the 1803 Louisiana Purchase was a really big deal in New Orleans. A public celebration was staged on Oct. 17, much of it held at the Cabildo on Jackson Square. February 17, 1953: Mardi Gras Carnival (New Orleans) Tuesday-March 8, 1953: Daylight Saving (Start) Sunday-March 17, 1953: St. Patrick's Day: Tuesday-April 1, 1953: Dates. Creation: 1939, 1953-2012, n.d. Extent. 13.8333 Linear Feet (13 feet and 10 inches of materials contained in 13 boxes and 1 oversize folder) 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 Parade in New Orleans, 1953. The original sources were 16mm 16fps silent film.Sources were digitized with an optical scanner at around a 4k resolu Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gras) in 1953 is on Tuesday, February 17 (third Tuesday of February). Check also the date of Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gras) in 2026 and in the following years. Russell Gideon picked for Mardi Gras chairman, The Seattle Times, July 7, 1953, p. 4. Mardi Gras pole sign, 19th and E Madison, Seattle, August 2, 1954. Courtesy Seattle Municipal Archives (167797) Chinese community marching unit, Mardi Gras Parade, 23rd Avenue and Union Street, Seattle, August 4, 1954 Mardi Gras Past and Present Traditions from the past that live on today. Mardi Gras has been celebrated in New Orleans since the explorer Iberville first set foot here on Mardi Gras Day 1699. In French colonial days, wealthy members of Creole society threw lavish Mardi Gras balls from Twelfth Night (Jan. 6) to Fat Tuesday Eve. 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. 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. 1953. Live TV Coverage of Bourbon Street on Mardi Gras. Computer Colorized. The Mardi Gras was the 1954 Lincoln show car that most borrowed from the 1953 Anniversary. The body of the 1954 Capri two-door-hardtop-based Mardi Gras was made festive with a body painted white incorporating crushed abalone shells to give it a pearlescent effect, and the roof was painted gold. If I did not include the delightful 1953 musical comedy “Mardi Gras” in a list of movies that take place in its backdrop, then I’d be committing a heinous crime. The film is like a whirlwind tour of the festive celebrations in New Orleans. Mardi Gras-themed song written by Frankie Adams and Lou Welsch in 1953 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia View of a man in safari costume taken on Mardi Gras Day 1953. Details. Title: Photo from Mardi Gras 1953; Creator: Benjamin W. Yancey; Creator Lifespan: 1906-1991; View full size (Courtesy Museum of Mobile) Mardi Gras 1958, as photographed by A.J. Bordelon. The image is part of a collection of slides from the 1950s and '60s that is being donated to the Mardi Gras Grill, Seattle, 1953. Courtesy Washington State Archives. Mardi Gras royalty float, 2037 E Madison, Seattle, August 4, 1954. Photo by Forde Photographers, Courtesy Peter Blecha Collections. Birdland (right), Madison Street, Seattle, ca. 1955. Courtesy UW Special Collections (18092) Birdland (left), E Madison Street, Seattle, early 1960s 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. After 150 years of envying the Gulf Coast Mardi Gras, we finally created our own version of it—and brought the dogs! Mardi Growl’s history is pretty recent and easy to track. Inspired by a similar event in St. Louis, it started in 2008, and has been a colorful, popular, and often a joyfully noisy
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