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DAUPHIN ISLAND: THE GULF COAST'S MOST HISTORIC ISLAND

DAUPHIN ISLAND: WHERE THE GULF COAST'S STORY BEGINS...

DAUPHIN ISLAND: SEE THE GULF COAST'S MOST HISTORIC PORT OF CALL

In 2015 start the DAUPHIN ISLAND HERITAGE STREET FESTIVAL. 

Focus will be upon the 13 street names that represent THE 13 AGES OF DAUPHIN ISLAND.(schoolchildren could have a competition to learn the meaning of D.I. street names)

Let it be a holiday celebration. The week before or after Thanksgiving.("WE KICK OFF MARDI GRAS SO WE DECIDED TO KICK OFF THE HOLIDAYS.")

Themes could come from the 13 AGES OF D.I. (the 12 TWENTY FIVE YEAR INCREMENTS OF TIME from AGE #1, 1699-1724, THE FIRST CAPITAL OF LOUISIANA,all the way to AGE #12, 1985- the PRESENT DAY, KATRINA CUT, BP OIL SPILL & RECOVERY)

#13 will be PREHISTORY which will also include  THE FUTURE (since both are PURELY SPECULATIVE).

Include a GOLF TOURNAMENT (have a big NATIONAL GOLF magazine article done this spring to pitch it and include that the golf course is built on the original site of the town and harbor.)

Have a cooking competition, something like SALTY SMOKED MEAT COMPETITION (alternatives to sea rations( see lyrics from "CHEESEBURGER IN PARADISE") & salt-making from the Civil War heritage( Rodney @ ROD KNOCKERS sez there's ruins of Confederate salt works near DELTA PORT)

Have a boat parade.

Invite REENACTORS especially ROYAL MARINES AND SAILORS FROM 1814-1815. Have a military medal cast for D.I. based upon the one given to the British troops that won the Battle of Lake Borgne in December, 1814.

Invite Prince Harry and Prince William because their collateral ancestor was at Dauphin Island. (see http://mobilebicentennial.blogspot.com

If you like what I've done so far, I'll  let you in on my ideas for the  DAUPHIN ISLAND SPRING BREAK HERITAGE FESTIVAL.

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