Mardis Gras Visit In Store For You

aged! This parade rolls through the historic Highland neighborhood and begins at Gilbert Drive and Ockley Drive in Shreveport. The theme this year is “Highland Goes Greek.”

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Mardi Gras is steeped in history. From Rome, Mardi Gras moved across Europe to countries like France, Germany, Spain and England. As a result, Mardi Gras’ excess and revelry became a premonition of Lent’s 40 days of fasting and penance between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday. French-Canadian adventurer Jean Baptiste Le Moyne Sieur de Bienville named the area “Pointe du Mardi Gras” after settling there 60 miles south of New Orleans. Jean Baptiste Le Moyne Sieur de Bienville celebrated the first Mardi Gras with his soldiers in America.

By the 1730s, Mardi Gras was openly celebrated in Louisiana, though without today’s parades. The Mar- quis de Vaudreuil, the governor of Louisiana at the beginning of the 18th century, hosted elegant social gatherings that became the model for current Mardi Gras celebrations.

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