Juanita Tolliver: 6 p.m., Baldwin & Co., 1030 Elysian Fields Ave. The author discusses and signs "A More Perfect Party: The ...
The Garden District Book Shop in New Orleans will feature Carnival books for little readers and listeners during story times ...
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 book mentions brief Mardi Gras celebrations in February 1701 and 1702. The first official celebration, a feast, was held on the traditional date in February in 1703. “The merrymaking ...