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CG Transports Royalty, Debuts New Float During Mardi Gras His Majesty the King of Carnival, John Eastman, presents a royal decree of appreciation to Rear Adm. David Barata, commander of the Eighth Coast Guard District, aboard the cutter Pamlico on February 12, known as “Lundi Gras” in New Orleans. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard)

His Majesty the King of Carnival, John Eastman, presents a royal decree of appreciation to Rear Adm. David Barata, commander of the Eighth Coast Guard District, aboard the cutter Pamlico on February 12, known as “Lundi Gras” in New Orleans. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard)

CG Transports Royalty, Debuts New Float During Mardi Gras

February 16, 2024

While the U.S. Coast Guard has a global mission, operating in all corners of the United States and around the world, the agency’s individual units nevertheless take on some of… Read More

CG Cutter Delivers Rex And Zulu Royalty On Eve Of Mardi Gras

Ludovico Feoli, the 2023 King of Carnival, arrives at Spanish Plaza in New Orleans February 20 for the traditional meeting of the royal courts of the Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club and the School of Design, better known as the Rex Organization. As in years past, the U.S. Coast Guard transported both courts from the Port of New Orleans to the French Quarter aboard a cutter, this year the Cutter Pamlico, a 160-foot inland construction tender. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

CG Cutter Delivers Rex And Zulu Royalty On Eve Of Mardi Gras

February 24, 2023

The tradition of Rex, the King of Carnival, making a grand and dramatic arrival to New Orleans, his “Winter Capital,” the day before Mardi Gras dates back to 1874, just… Read More

Coast Guard Helps New Orleans Celebrate Mardi Gras Rear Adm. Richard Timme, commander of the Eighth Coast Guard District, shakes hands with Randolph “Rudy” Davis, the 2022 King of the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club, aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Barbara Mabrity on Lundi Gras, February 28, in New Orleans. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Rear Adm. Richard Timme, commander of the Eighth Coast Guard District, shakes hands with Randolph “Rudy” Davis, the 2022 King of the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club, aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Barbara Mabrity on Lundi Gras, February 28, in New Orleans. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Coast Guard Helps New Orleans Celebrate Mardi Gras

March 13, 2022

Each year, the Coast Guard participates in a New Orleans Carnival tradition by transporting the King of Zulu and his entourage from the Port of New Orleans administrative building to… Read More

Nola Who Works The Rivers Draws Record Participation Among the presenters at RiverWorks Discovery’s Who Works The Rivers event in New Orleans, Craig Broussard of ADM/ARTCO urged students to earn their high school diploma and consider a maritime career. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Among the presenters at RiverWorks Discovery’s Who Works The Rivers event in New Orleans, Craig Broussard of ADM/ARTCO urged students to earn their high school diploma and consider a maritime career. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Nola Who Works The Rivers Draws Record Participation

November 29, 2019

RiverWorks Discovery hosted a Who Works the Rivers maritime career discovery day November 20 in New Orleans, with a record number 210 local high school students participating. The event was… Read More

Mardi Gras On The Mississippi The packets J.E. Trudeau (left) and Parlor City at New Orleans for the 1900 Mardi Gras.

Mardi Gras On The Mississippi

March 1, 2019

Laissez les bon temps rouler! Let the good times roll! With Mardi Gras being celebrated in New Orleans tomorrow (March 5) you can be sure that a festive atmosphere pervades… Read More

Two Lower Miss Locations Carry The Name ‘Mardi Gras’ Detail of a c. 1752 French map of Louisiana showing Bayouc du Mardi-gras as well as “Piaquemines” Bend. The map also labels the delta in French as the “mouths of the Saint Louis River.” The spelling “Bayouc” is apparently archaic French.

Detail of a c. 1752 French map of Louisiana showing Bayouc du Mardi-gras as well as “Piaquemines” Bend. The map also labels the delta in French as the “mouths of the Saint Louis River.” The spelling “Bayouc” is apparently archaic French.

Two Lower Miss Locations Carry The Name ‘Mardi Gras’

February 25, 2019

Top photo (click photo to enlarge): Detail of a c. 1752 French map of Louisiana showing Bayouc du Mardi-gras as well as “Piaquemines” Bend. The map also labels the delta… Read More