The mules of Mardi Gras pulled trash wagons by day, Carnival floats by night for nearly a century
The animals were the subject this year of an online, paid subscription lecture as part of the Friends of the Cabildo Carnival history classes— called "A Garbage Mule Fit For A King: How Beasts of Burden Shaped Carnival." French Quarter buggy driver and historian Charlotte Jones detailed the important role the creatures played in Mardi Gras for nearly a century.
Source: insurancenewsnet.com