Washington Mardi Gras Celebrates 75 Years

Thoughts from the Publisher Last week, the Mystick Krewe of Louisianians’ held its annual Washington Mardi Gras Ball in our nation’s capital. My rst trip there was 35 years ago in 1989. Mardi Gras celebrations in DC started in 1944 but there were interruptions during war years and major modications to the event. _e event as it exists today, a formal dinner and presentation of…