The city of Athens, Greece, with its famous Acropolis, has come to symbolize the whole of the country in the popular imagination, and not without cause.hile the Sea Peoples made definite incursions into Attica (the mainland region surrounding Athens) the Dorians by-passed the city, allowing the Mycenaean culture to survive (although, like the rest of Greece, there seems to have been an economic and cultural downturn following these invasions).
Many historians believe that the first American Mardi Gras took place on March 3, 1699, when the French explorers Iberville and Bienville landed in what is now Louisiana, just south of the holidayâs future epicenter: New Orleans. They held a small celebration and dubbed the spot Point du Mardi Gras.
The first plastic souvenir Mardi Gras cups were thrown in 1980 by the Krewe of Alla, La., and off of some floats in Bacchus, Rhea and Argus. One year later, Giacona Container Company Corp. had trademarked the name Mardi Gras Throw Cup, and tossing the souvenirs was on its way to becoming a tradition.