"Gasparilla Celebration?" Topic
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Skeets  | 09 May 2020 10:03 a.m. PST |
Question for you Floridians-what the heck is the Gasparilla Celebration? I was going through a box of old postcards, most of which are WW2, given to me when I was a kid and I discovered this one regarding this celebration. It appears to be circa 1900 +/- the caption on the card says "U.S. Troops marching to sham battle". Any ideas? |
| Rakkasan | 09 May 2020 10:10 a.m. PST |
Gasparilla is a celebration in Tampa that commemorates the alleged invasion of Tampa by Jose Gaspar. He may or may not have even existed.
It is an excuse for a lot of events that take place over two months from mid-January to mid-March. There is a main parade, a children's parade held prior and more adult themed parade held a couple weeks after the main parade. It is quite the event. |
| Dadster | 09 May 2020 1:30 p.m. PST |
It's Tampas Mardi Gras but with pirates. Argh… |
| phssthpok | 09 May 2020 5:56 p.m. PST |
Gasparilla (Gaspar's nome de pirate)supposedly founded Tampa when using it as his base of operations. |
| Florida Tory | 10 May 2020 5:17 a.m. PST |
There is a good Wikipedia article that summarizes the legends about Gaspar. link When I was a student at the University of South Florida in Tampa in 1969 and the 1970s, we took Gasparilla Day off as a school holiday every year. Aargh! Rick |
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paints brigs for the British fleet.
