Mardi Gras by the Sea comes to Coney Island, USA tomorrow, Saturday afternoon (2:00PM) in the name of the 26th annual Mermaid Day Parade.
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The parade's roots actually go back to 1903, a yearly event which lasted until 1954. The combo of city neglect, public housing to Coney on what once was amusement area, and White Flight brought a quiet end to the parade's first run. Thankfully, in 1983 Dick Zigun started a second run of parades, and the event has grown in numbers every single year since.
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