“I don’t miss a parade,” she said. Finding the roots of when Mardi Gras was first celebrated in America is as complicated as the act of celebrating it today is simple. Some historians say it ...

In 1703, the tiny settlement of Fort Louis de la Mobile celebrated America's very first Mardi Gras." "Mardi Gras originated in 1703 right here in our port city," says VisitMobile.com. "It was ...

Matthew Henderson and Terrence Rice join “GMA” to talk about “A King Like Me,” which follows the lives of members of the Zulu Club in New Orleans.

Before New Orleans, there was Mobile, Alabama — the birthplace of Mardi Gras in America. Mobile, founded by Roman Catholics from France in 1702, was home to the first mystic society, or "krewe," ...

The first Mardi Gras in America would be celebrated in 1703 in nearby Mobile. Bienville, MardiGrasNewOrleans.com says, established New Orleans in 1718 and by the 1730s Mardi Gras was celebrated in ...

NEW ORLEANS, LA (WVUE) - It wasn't New Orleans or even Mobile that first put Mardi Gras on the map in North America. Mardi Gras arrived on March 3, 1699, along with French explorer Pierre Le Moyne ...

Shortly after, enslaved Africans were brought to America during the transatlantic slave trade. The first Mardi Gras krewes were invested in reinforcing the social hierarchy of Louisiana society ...

The first Mardi Gras celebration in America was celebrated in 1703 in the settlement of Fort Louis de la Mobile. In 1827, a group of students wearing colorful costumes danced through the streets ...

Mobile is located 144 miles away from New Orleans. Some history books claim that the first Mardi Gras in America happened in 1699 when French explorers Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville and Jean ...

The Mardi Gras will be home-ported at Port Canaveral ... Although Tuesday's fueling was the first on a cruise ship in North America, LNG is used on some cruise ships in other parts of the world.

Early on in its decades-long run as a weekly magazine, LIFE turned its eye toward always-enticing, ever-vivid New Orleans and that great city’s signature annual event: Mardi Gras. In February ...