Some Interesting Facts About New Orleans
· The City was named Nouvelle Orleans (New Orleans) in honor of Philippe II, Duc d’Orleans, the regent of France under French King Louis XV
· The first Mardi Gras, which means “Fat Tuesday” in French, took place in New Orleans in 1827.
· Bayou: \BUY-you\ n. a French name for slow-moving “river”.
· The Saint Charles streetcar line in New Orleans and the San Francisco, California cable cars are the nation’s only mobile national monuments .
· Metairie is home to the longest bridge over water in the world, the Lake Pontchartrain causeway 24 miles long.
· Louisiana is the only state in the union that does not have counties. Its political subdivisions are called parishes.
Carnival in the top half of the Western Hemisphere goes back to the early 1700’s. Some believe it started in Mobile, Alabama as a New Year’s Eve celebration and was shifted to Fat Tuesday when it moved to New Orleans. That’s why many believe the first North American Mardi Gras was held in New Orleans… although Mobile tries to claim that honor. Its because the Mobilians were partying for the start of a new year, not celebrating the last day before the fast of Lent.
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Definitely don’t...Gras. Good catch by nolanews.
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