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I remember the 1st time I saw people buying these things from someone's personal vehicle. When they told me they wanted to stop and get some boiled peanuts on the way home, I didn't think it was going to be from a flatbed. I was so confused when we stopped and I saw them exchanging money...I thought I was unknowingly part of a drug deal. She came back with a paper bag and opened it up, offered me some, and I hesitantly peered into the bag which seemed VERY heavy for a roadside drug pick up and there were things that appeared to look like blanched peanuts. Ugh. Leave a Comment
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Okinawa .After the signing of the war-ending surrender
documents in September 1945, USS ALABAMA, or the
'Mighty A', as she was known, led the American Fleet into Tokyo Bay.
There is so much to see at Battleship Park.
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It may not be the same in comparison to New Orleans Mardi Gras (some people might consider that a good thing), but Mobile does have it's own celebration. A lot more mild and less wild, it is still Mardi Gras. You should still be ready to catch beads and moon pies.
The parades begin in late January and end in early February and hold the same schedule as other Mardi Gras festivals. I Leave a Comment
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Mobile is an old, Southern town. It is about to celebrate its 300th Birthday.
The many cultures mixed there make for a very few cultural problems. Certainly none that a visitor could detect. Leave a Comment
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The Civil War crushed Mardi Gras for much of the south. Joseph Stillwell Cain is generally credited with reviving Mardi Gras in the Mobile area. In 1866, on Fat Tuesday, Cain and six of his friends went out to do their best to better the morale of the citizens of defeated Mobile. The city and people of Mobile were demoralized and under the thumb of Union soldiers. A "mental war" was still being waged against the southern residents of the city. Naming themselves the "Tea Drinkers" (they drank much stronger stuff than tea), Joe Cain and his friends went out on a mule pulled wagon. Cain went out dressed as a Chickasaw Indian chief, which was actually a sly way of insulting Union soldiers. Any outright verbal slight would have been considered treason. But Cain dressing as a Chickasaw Indian was a way of reminding the Union soldiers that the Chickasaw had never surrendered during the Civil War.
Cain founded the Order of the Myths which organizes the final parade in Mobile in present day.
Joe Cain Day is celebrated on the Sunday before Mardi Gras. Leave a Comment
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 2008 Mobile Mardi Gras Royalty
with pages by DG4ever, 2 more photos
Mobile Mardi Gras is the ORIGINAL one and is still done traditionally. Mobile was founded in 1702; New Orleans in 1718. I am from the Miss. Gulf Coast and have family in New Orleans French Quarter as well so I know Mardi Gras. Mobile's is the BEST due to tradition, safety, but also there are very large crowds. Mobilians throw MoonPies, a cookie/marshmallow type treat, Ramen noodles, you name it.
My suggestion is to come in the previous weekend ( the dates Feb. 2nd, Sunday the 3rd (which is Joe Cain Day-the People's Parade)). Make reservations for a downtown hotel up to a year in advance. You are competing with locals for rooms.
If you don't get in a downtown hotel, don't worry. Drive down and park close to Broad Street in the Oakleigh Garden DIstrict (just South of Government Street). Have a drink at Callaghan's Irish Pub in the Oakleigh area (corner of Marine/ Charleston) and get a hamburger.
If the parade is at 6:30 pm, leave by 6:55 pm.
Then walk one block to Broad and take left. Stand at either Govt./Broad at the Big white church (2 blocks north) or stand at end of Church/Broad (one block north) This is where many Oakleigh Garden District residents stand. It's safe, I promise! It may be a little urban for you but it is safe.
Or cross the barricade where you see a Police Officer, usually where Canal turns north onto Broad. We like to cross and just get more room over on the other side. If you walk a little way, you can hit the parade twice! I think at Washington Street.
Or you can drive I-10 to Water Street exit, head North. This is the street that runs along the waterfront (which ironically you can't see!). There is a median and yes, you can park here. Parking is anything goes as long as you are NOT on a parade route. The only bad thing is you must get there earlier. For instance, 6:30 pm parade- get there by 6:00 pm.
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