FAT TUESDAY 2025 IS MARCH 4TH! A LOOK AT MARDI GRAS PRESENT & PAST, CROTON AND BEYOND--PART ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

VINTAGE MARDI GRAS POSTCARD FROM
CORNELIA COTTON GALLERY
111 GRAND ST., (914) 271-6802
Click on the image; circa 1940's; reprint

Part One! There will be more!  

Stay tuned.

---Mardi Gras (a.k.a., Fat Tuesday)

falls each year on the Tuesday 

before Ash Wednesday at the 

start of Lent. 

Traditionally, as part of that 

celebratory carnival, colorful 

king cakes are served at

parties and gatherings. King 

cakes, either purchased or 

homemade, also tend to contain

one customary ingredient—a 

tiny plastic king cake baby. 

(You can usually find King 

Cakes at ShopRite, Super 

Foodtown of Croton and Baked

by Susan.) 

READ MORE ABOUT KING CAKES AT How the King Cake (and the King Cake Baby) Tradition Began

---Speaking of Shrove Tuesday, don't miss this event and fundraiser!  The Youth Group of St. Augustine Parish is having their annual Pancake Supper on 3/4; more info at Youth Group - St. Augustine Parish - Ossining, New York

---Speaking of Ash Wednesday, here's a list of services at assorted local churches; go to EverythingCroton: REMINDER--A WRAP-UP OF 2025 ASH WEDNESDAY SERVICES AT YOUR LOCAL CHURCHES

(AND WITH THE LENTEN TRADITIONS ON THE HORIZON, YOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN EverythingCroton: LENT 2025---LENTEN MEAL OPTIONS, UPDATED)

(UPDATED--SEE PART TWO AT EverythingCroton: PART TWO--FAT TUESDAY 2025 IS MARCH 4TH! A LOOK AT MARDI GRAS PRESENT & PAST, CROTON AND BEYOND!!!!!!!!!!!)

---And now some vintage Croton Mardi Gras:

• 1960 HOLY NAME, MARDI GRAS; OLD CROTON! CLICK HERE
• 2019 MARDI GRAS WINDOW FROM THE WESTCHESTER BALLOON COMPANY; CLICK HERE
• 2014 LOHUD ARTICLE FOR FAT TUESDAY AT THEN MEMPHIS MAE'S; CLICK HERE