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Parade during COVID; Mobile officials preach ‘personal responsibility’ ahead of Mardi Gras event Updated 10:23 AM; Facebook Share Makayla Pitts is a recent high school graduate who isn’t vaccinated against COVID-19 but is young enough where she probably would not suffer serious health consequences if she contracted the virus. The 18-year-old who is graduating from B.C. Rain High School isn’t taking any chances, however. She’s not going to Friday’s Mardi Gras-style parade in downtown Mobile because she remains unvaccinated and because she anticipates most people there will not be wearing face coverings. “COVID is still out there,” said Pitts, who says she needs to get vaccinated this summer before attending college in Atlanta this fall. “I am not vaccinated so I know to still wear my mask. But people are not wearing masks when they are supposed to.” ....
Mardi Gras in May? If COVID cases fall, Mobile may roll out Carnival-like parade Updated Mar 12, 2021; Posted Mar 09, 2021 A Mardi Gras-style parade featuring Reese s Senior Bowl players is held Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, in downtown Mobile, Ala. The parade has become a popular event occurring outside the traditional time period for Carnival. (Mike Kittrell/AL.com) Facebook Share Mobile is ready to give Mardi Gras another try with a one-night Carnival-style parade through the downtown streets on May 21. But before anyone shouts, “let the good times roll”, the city administration is sending a signal that COVID-19 will dictate whether the party goes on. ....
‘It’s a sad, sad day’: Joe Cain Day traditions continue in Mobile during pandemic Updated Feb 15, 2021; Facebook Share Mayim Bloom walked over with a bouquet of dead roses in her hand and dropped them on a grave marker festooned with Mardi Gras beads and coins Sunday morning. She might not be one of Cain’s “Merry Widows,” but the 4-year-old did her part to keep the spirit of Joe Cain alive during the traditional day that honors the late Confederate solider. Cain, more than 150 years ago, is credited with reviving Mardi Gras in Mobile following the Civil War and he has been celebrated on the Sunday before Fat Tuesday since the late 1960s. ....
When Mardi Gras was last canceled: World War II and the return of frivolity in 1946 Updated Feb 11, 2021; Posted Feb 11, 2021 A picture of the 1946 Kings Parade hangs on the wall at the Mobile Carnival Museum in downtown, Mobile, Ala. The parades during the 1946 Mardi Gras were the first to take place along the Alabama Gulf Coast since 1941. For four years, from 1942-1945, Mardi Gras events like parades were canceled due to World War II. The next time there was widespread cancellations during Mardi Gras in Mobile was in 2021, due to the coronavirus pandemic. The original photo of this image holds a place is in the holdings of the Doy Leale McCall Rare Book and Manuscript Collection at the University of South Alabama. ....