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Marine Corps Forces Reserve: New Orleans Commemorates Retired Marine as Rex, King of Carnival
March 04, 2022
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 4 -- The U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve issued the following news:

Lundi Gras is officially underway in the city of New Orleans, commemorated by the arrival of Rex and Zulu via the Mississippi River to the city center.

Rex is an organization founded in 1872, originally created as an attempt to drive tourism to the city of New Orleans in the years following the American Civil War. The organization's focus revolves around their motto, . . .

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