Podcasts History Mississippi Moments Podcast MSM 429 Jerry O'Keefe - The Biloxi Mardi Gras Parades

MSM 429 Jerry O'Keefe - The Biloxi Mardi Gras Parades

Published: Feb. 23, 2015, 4:07 p.m.

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Mardi Gras has been celebrated in Biloxi since 1883.\\xa0 In this episode, Jerry O\\u2019Keefe remembers the excitement of attending the parades as a boy in the 1930s. Later, as a young father in the 1940s, O\\u2019Keefe shared his love of Mardi Gras with his children.\\xa0

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After being elected Mayor of Biloxi in 1972, O\\u2019Keefe realized the city\\u2019s Mardi Gras fundraising system needed to be overhauled.\\xa0 He explains how that was accomplished and why Mardi Gras remains so important to the city\'s identity.

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