HdG Mardi Gras Parade 2022 Rolls Through City

HAVRE DE GRACE, MD — The Havre de Grace community turned out in force Tuesday night for the city’s 2022 Mardi Gras Parade.

Parade participants marched and rolled down Bourbon Street to Washington Street before ending at the American Legion on St. John Street.

Watch a clip of the parade below:

The first day of March is Fat Tuesday, a day of indulgence and even debauchery before the beginning of Lent, a time of fasting and abstinence in Catholicism and some other Christian denominations.

Fat Tuesday, marking the beginning of Mardi Gras, is a centuries-old tradition celebrated by the French with elaborate masquerade balls and street parties from the feast of the Epiphany in early January until Ash Wednesday.

Fat Tuesday is the English translation of Mardi Gras from French. It's so named as a nod to the lavish feasts that were prepared to eat — rather than waste — foods such as meats, eggs, dairy products, sweets and other foods that would be sacrificed during the holy Lenten season, the 40 days leading up to Easter.

The parade in Havre de Grace ran from 6:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Fat Tuesday.