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Posted on 2/9/16 at 3:43 pm
Posted on 2/9/16 at 3:43 pm
No one has started a thread on this yet so far this year, so I'll give it a try...
1699: first Mardi Gras celebration in Louisiana
1711: first Mardi Gras parade in Alabama
Verdict: I have to give both states a tie here...I guess the winning state depends on if you feel Mardi Gras can be celebrated with or without a parade
(besides, neither could've "invented" Mardi Gras any way, as it goes back like 2,000 years).
Happy Mardi Gras, folks, and good night to all.
1699: first Mardi Gras celebration in Louisiana
1711: first Mardi Gras parade in Alabama
Verdict: I have to give both states a tie here...I guess the winning state depends on if you feel Mardi Gras can be celebrated with or without a parade
(besides, neither could've "invented" Mardi Gras any way, as it goes back like 2,000 years).
Happy Mardi Gras, folks, and good night to all.
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Posted on 2/9/16 at 3:47 pm to TheDude321
quote:In 1711, Mobile was still part of the Louisiana territory.
1711: first Mardi Gras parade in Alabama
Alabama territory did not form until 1817
Posted on 2/9/16 at 4:07 pm to TheDude321
I'm still aching from our Mardi Gras Saturday. a good turn out!
This post was edited on 2/9/16 at 4:07 pm
Posted on 2/9/16 at 4:12 pm to mizslu314
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I'm still aching from our Mardi Gras Saturday
Did that shite two weeks in a row. You may think that being on the float is easier...but it's not
Posted on 2/9/16 at 4:20 pm to TheDude321
I'm from Mobile, and spend every Mardi Gras now in NOLA.
Mobile's claim is the modern Mardi Gras. Comus took inspiration from a now defunct parade in Mobile. Its not the interesting part though, it's experiencing the different iterations from the French part of the South.
Mobile's claim is the modern Mardi Gras. Comus took inspiration from a now defunct parade in Mobile. Its not the interesting part though, it's experiencing the different iterations from the French part of the South.
Posted on 2/9/16 at 4:25 pm to TheDude321
Who invented Mardi Gras? The Romans of course.
Posted on 2/9/16 at 4:53 pm to genro
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In 1711, Mobile was still part of the Louisiana territory.
Alabama territory did not form until 1817
Well, there are a lot of technicalities when breaking down this debate that could help (or disqualify) either state--that's why I figure that it's best to just kind of declare it's a tie really.
To address your point specifically, as I recall, the first parade on modern-day Alabama soil was just some guys pushing a cart around town with a papier mache' cow's head on it. Does that really constitute a "parade" per se? Alabama did eventually have the first "real" Mardi Gras parade too, but even that was held on New Year's Day (and not Mardi Gras Day) for some reason.
Posted on 2/10/16 at 2:58 pm to genro
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In 1711, Mobile was still part of the Louisiana territory. Alabama territory did not form until 1817.
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Posted on 2/10/16 at 3:03 pm to genro
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In 1711, Mobile was still part of the Louisiana territory.
Alabama territory did not form until 1817
I believe it was Florida
Posted on 2/10/16 at 3:41 pm to NYCAuburn
wiki says: Mobile was the capital of the Louisiana territory until 1720
remained part of Louisiana until the Seven Years War, 1763, after which it was ceded to Britain and became part of British West Florida
remained as such and loyal to the crown, Spanish captured it during Revolutionary War
U.S. seized Spanish West Florida during War of 1812, and Mobile became part of Mississippi territory
4 years later (1817) the Alabama territory was formed.
remained part of Louisiana until the Seven Years War, 1763, after which it was ceded to Britain and became part of British West Florida
remained as such and loyal to the crown, Spanish captured it during Revolutionary War
U.S. seized Spanish West Florida during War of 1812, and Mobile became part of Mississippi territory
4 years later (1817) the Alabama territory was formed.
Posted on 2/11/16 at 10:11 am to TheDude321
Alabama. Y'all can have it back, please.
Posted on 2/11/16 at 12:16 pm to PurpleandGeauld
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Claims partial credit for all Bama's Football Natties!!
^^^^Do you know how I know your are a loser^^^^
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