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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, February 24, 2020

Posted on February 24, 2020 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“Mobile’s reputation as the birthplace of Mardi Gras in North America does not rest solely on the fact that a few half-starved French colonists observed the pre-Lenten feasts here 300 years ago… In 1852, a group of Mobile “Cowbellians” moved … Continue reading →

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Mobile Mardi Gras à la Joe Cain

Posted on February 13, 2017 by Gary Wright

  Mobile Mardi Gras à la Joe Cain By Gary Wright     Often, things are not as they seem; usually, but not always, more so than ever   Joseph Stillwell Cain, Jr. October 10, 1832–April 17, 1904 Widely known … Continue reading →

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