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Feb 10, 2023 · Since its inception in 1857, New Orleans Mardi Gras has either been cancelled or massively scaled back 13 other times. There have been instances of disease and local conflict putting a stop to parading, but most of the cancellations were triggered by war, the first instance being the Civil War.
- The American Civil War: 1862–65
- White-Supremacist Violence: 1875
- Yellow Fever Outbreak: 1879
- World War I: 1918
- Spanish Flu: 1919
- World War II: 1942–45
- Korean War: 1951
- Police Union Strike: 1979
- Since Then...
Comus was the only official Mardi Gras krewe in existence at the start of the Civil War and wouldn’t hold another ball until 1866. This invitation was created for the 1862 ball, which was canceled. (THNOC, The L. Kemper and Leila Moore Williams Founders Collection, 1957.95) In February 1862, staring down a military mobilization that would result in...
This invitation to the Twelfth Night Revelers’ 1875 Mardi Gras ball was issued before the event was called off. The group made the decision to cancel their ball when additional federal troops arrived to impose order on the city after violence erupted in the streets in September 1874. (THNOC, the L. Kemper and Leila Moore Williams Founders Collectio...
Though other krewes canceled their parades because of the yellow fever outbreak in 1879, Rex carried on in spite of it. This illustration depicts the arrival of Rex at the foot of Canal Street on Lundi Gras, 1879.(THNOC, 1974.25.19.79) In 1878, over 4,000 New Orleanians died of yellow fever while the city and state government failed to respond to t...
A poster advertising war bonds depicts bloodied German military boots. (THNOC, gift of Mrs. Francis Gary Moore, 1983.238.5) The turn of the century saw the formation of many new Carnival organizations, including the Krewe of Proteus, the Atlanteans, and the Elves of Oberon. Traditionally excluded from membership in the old-line krewes, African Amer...
Although parades were called off due to the Spanish Flu epidemic, maskers still took to the streets to celebrate. (THNOC, gift of Waldemar Nelson, 2003.0182.159) Though the end of the war brought about a joyous time, the winter of 1918 was marked by the spread of Spanish influenza. Much like today, newspapers reported daily case counts. From Octobe...
The top poster, a play on the title of the 1925 novel Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, is printed in Mardi Gras colors, possibly as an attempt to appeal to New Orleanians during the Carnival season. The bottom poster would have also been meaningful during Carnival, placing revelry and frivolous spending in opposition to the war effort. (THNOC, the Anna Wy...
This costume design was created for the Krewe of Okeanos, one of several Carnival organizations that paraded as usual in 1951, despite the war-related cancellations of the oldest krewes. (THNOC, gift of Elizabeth Y. Canik, 2017.0436.113) Only five years had passed since the end of World War II when the US entered the Korean War. In 1951, many of th...
When police officers went on strike ahead of Mardi Gras 1979, some parades moved to outlying parishes, while others canceled completely. (THNOC, 2018.0522.37) In late 1978 and early 1979, a disagreement between New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) and the city’s first Black mayor, Ernest “Dutch” Morial, resulted in a police strike during the 1979 C...
The 1979 police strike was the last time New Orleans has seen any significant cancellations during Carnival. Speculation flew in 1992, during the debate over the New Orleans City Council’s anti-discrimination ordinance. Introduced by Councilperson Dorothy Mae Taylor, the ordinance, which remains in place today, requires Carnival krewes to admit mem...
Feb 16, 2021 · Since its inception in 1857 by the Mistick Krewe of Comus, New Orleans Mardi Gras has either been canceled or massively scaled back 14 other times, according to the Historic New Orleans...
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Feb 10, 2024 · NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Carnival season 2024 entered its final days in New Orleans on Friday as a parade of “fabulous women and the men who support them” walked the narrow streets of the old French Quarter handing out hand-decorated bras.
February 10, 2021. Shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor and the United States’ entrance into war, the New Orleans city administration cancelled official Carnival celebrations. Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras Day 1942, was on February 17, only 10 weeks into the American fight.
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Nov 17, 2020 · Eight years later, when the Civil War erupted, parades were cancelled in New Orleans, from 1862 through 1865. The Comus parade returned in 1866, with just one float followed by maskers on...
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