Mardi Gras - St Andrews, Panama City, FL

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St Andrews Mardi Gras Parade 2024
February 04, 2024
Photos from our readers of the St Andrews, Panama City, FL - Mardi Gras parade Feb 3 2024.

"The St. Andrews Mardi Gras had its beginnings in 1997, when Bay County’s first Mardi Gras Krewe, the Krewe of Dominique Youx, approached the Community of St. Andrews with the idea of relocating its annual parade from Bay Point to St. Andrews. This was a “dream” turned “reality” for a revitalization event as defined in the completed St. Andrews Visioning Project, and so began the work of the citizens of St. Andrews to make the St. Andrews Mardi Gras the success it is today." - https://standrewsmardigras.com/start-of-kosa/

The Krewe of Dominique Youx (KODY), Bay County’s original Mardi Gras organization, was founded in 1986 on Panama City Beach by Errol Legasse and Jerry Castardo.

https://kreweofdominiqueyoux.com/history/

History of Mardi Gras in the United States

According to the Mobile (AL) Carnival Museum, in 1703, Mardi Gras was observed for the first time in the New World by French pioneers at Twenty-Seven Mile Bluff, the first settlement of Mobile.

https://baycountycoastal.com/galleries/329/view