Raise you hand if you know what Joe Cain Day is.

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:-)

[GOPisEvil]

1. I do now.

:)

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2. Joseph StillwellCain:

This is a 'big deal' in Mobile.


Joseph Stillwell Cain, Jr. (Joe Cain) (October 10, 1832 – April 17, 1904) <1> <2> is largely credited with the rebirth of Mardi Gras celebrations in Mobile, Alabama.<1> <3> In 1866, following the Civil War and while Mobile was still under Union occupation, Joe Cain paraded through the streets of Mobile, dressed in improvised costume depicting a fictional Chickasaw chief named Slacabamorinico.<1><3> The choice was a backhanded insult to the Union forces in that the Chickasaw had never been defeated in war. The following year (1867), Joe was joined by other Confederate veterans, parading in a decorated coal wagon, playing drums and horns, and the group became the "Lost Cause Minstrels" of Mobile.<3><1>

This was the origin of The Order of Myths parade on Fat Tuesday.<1> Joe Cain is currently buried at Church Street Graveyard in Mobile, Alabama.<1>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Cain