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named organizations and Tampa in general, others believe that overuse could dilute the meaning and significance of the festival, and that the potential failures or missteps of one event or organization might reflect poorly on all the others. In 2019, YMKG began an effort to legally trademark the name Gasparilla to "protect" it for use by "appropriate community events", drawing complaints and counterclaims from others who have used the name or own the trademark for other, more narrow uses. In 2020, the issue was considered by the United States
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participate, usually performing along the route. Various activities and events for children are held in and around downtown Tampa in the hours before the Children's Parade, including the Preschooler's Stroll, which is a short, informal parade of small children riding pirate-themed wagons, strollers, bicycles, and scooters reminiscent of the earliest versions of the children's parade. To add noise to the festivities, the pirate ship
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of hiatuses during world wars, it has been celebrated almost every year since. The parade has been scheduled for late January or early February for much of its existence, and since 2005, it has taken place on the last Saturday in January. The route of the Gasparilla Parade has traditionally wound along the waterfront into
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The parade itself made small steps towards inclusion over the years. Female relatives of YMKG members formed the Krewe of Venus in 1966 and were allowed to participate in the Gasparilla Parade the following year. Leading members of Tampa's Latin community formed the Krewe of the Knights of Sant' Yago
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The Parade of Pirates and related festivities have faced various criticisms over their long history, from complaints about unruly crowds and public drunkenness to observations that the tradition of local elites pretending to be a rapacious pirate crew plundering the city could be seen as problematic.
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during that period, with local schools and government offices closed for the festivities. In 1988, the Parade of Pirates was moved to the first Saturday in February so that out-of-towners could more easily take part. Since 2005, the parade has been held on the last Saturday in January except in 2021,
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Despite this colorful history, there is no evidence that a pirate named "Gaspar" or "Gasparilla" ever roamed the Florida coast. Archives in Spain make no mention of Gaspar as a member of the Spanish court or an officer in the Spanish navy; the U.S. Navy has no documentation indicating that any of its
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Crowd size for the Parade of Pirates is typically about 300,000, making it one of the largest annual parades in the United States. Most of the expense is paid by YMKG through memberships dues, vendor fees, tickets for premium seating areas, and corporate sponsorships, with the city redeploying police
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Most of the organizations, events, and businesses who use "Gaspar" or "Gasparilla" are not affiliated with Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla or the City of Tampa, neither of which owns the monikers. While some feel that the widespread use of the name constitutes a co-branding which promotes all similarly
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Besides the three main parades and the many galas, parties, and fundraisers hosted by individual krewes, Tampa has long hosted a variety of other Gasparilla-related events from approximately January through March. Large-scale events during Gasparilla Season include the Gasparilla Festival of the Arts
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on a Saturday night, usually two weeks after the Parade of Pirates in mid-February. The Knight Parade features a similar mix of participants as the Parade of Pirates with the twist that most of the floats are brightly illuminated since the event begins after dark. Though it once had the reputation of
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A few days before the Parade of Pirates, members of Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla in full pirate regalia "kidnap" the mayor from city hall and transport them to a downtown park before assembled local media and onlookers to demand the city's surrender. The mayor playfully refuses, and the pirates warn
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festival in 1904. Over the next decade, a pirate-themed parade and festival was sometimes staged as an add-on to other community events, with the highlight of the early period being the first seaborne invasion in 1911. The Gasparilla Festival became a stand-alone event in 1913, and with the exception
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The number of krewes and other participating civic organizations has continued to grow in recent years, dampening controversies over inclusion. Due to practical concerns, participation in the Parade of Pirates is limited to fifty krewes per year, with smaller krewes taking turns on a rotating basis.
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The Gasparilla parade was held in conjunction with various other events in its early years, so its timing varied when it took place at all. The first mock invasion was held on May 4, 1904, and pirate-themed community festivities were held on dates ranging from February to November prior to World War
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The brochure was penned by publicist Pat Lemoyne, who combined and embellished regional tall tales attributed to well-known and recently deceased local fishing guide "Panther John" Gomez to create the legend of the pirate Gaspar. Years later, Lemoyne gave a local history lecture in which he admitted
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The Children's Parade now features many of the same krewes and several of the same professional floats featured in the main parade. Children of krewe members don costumes and ride on the floats tossing beads and trinkets to the crowd, and local youth organizations such as sports and dance teams also
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which they frequently fired in the air. The empty shells were tossed aside as the pirate reloaded, sending children scrambling for the unique souvenirs. This tradition was restricted in the interest of safety in 1992 and ended entirely several years later. While pirates on foot are no longer allowed
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Over time, the formerly one-day event has evolved into a Gasparilla season which runs from approximately the beginning of the year until mid-March. Two other major parades during this time are the Gasparilla Children's Parade, which runs a shorter route on Bayshore Boulevard one week before the main
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was taking place, drawing more attendees to the simultaneous events. The fair moved to much larger grounds east of Tampa in 1976, but the parade route has usually remained the same, traveling north up Bayshore Boulevard and ending in or near downtown, approximately 4.5 miles (7.2 km) in total.
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celebration. The first occurrence consisted of several dozen local businessmen disguising themselves as pirates, riding horses through town to simulate a surprise pirate invasion, and encouraging startled observers to follow them to the May Day festival. The second Gasparilla the following year was
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Currently, over fifty krewes march in the Gasparilla Parade of Pirates, with smaller krewes participating on a rotating basis due to the limited number of available slots. Many of the same krewes—large and small—also participate in the Gasparilla Children's Parade and the Sant' Yago Knight Parade.
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to defray costs and has employed local firm EventFest to plan the parade with the city. Each year, YMKG members elect a King and Queen of Gasparilla to preside over various club galas and events during the season. Besides the Gasparilla parades and holding its own private events, YMKG raises money
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college football game, and a broad slate of other events that varies from year to year. Most of these events are not organized or officially sanctioned by the city or YMKG, which have only limited legal control of the Gasparilla name. Taken together, the events of Tampa's Gasparilla Season have an
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meaning "little Gaspar"; it claimed that Gasparilla Island was named for the pirate when the name actually appears on Spanish and English maps from well before his supposed arrival; and it claimed that the "bleached bones" of Gaspar's victims along with many old coins had been discovered in local
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According to a 2004 study, the main parade alone had a local economic impact of $ 22 million and the combined events brought in over $ 40 million, with officials estimating that the impact has increased in the years since. To promote the area's many springtime events, Visit Tampa Bay, the local
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like those at New Orleans Mardi Gras festivities are by far the most prevalent item, with varieties ranging from simple single-color necklaces to intricate and expensive designs, most of which are purchased by krewe members themselves. So many beads are thrown that in recent years, the city has
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and bathrooms for riders, with some costing as much as $ 100,000 to design and construct. Outside of Gasparilla season, YMKG's active and retired floats along with the floats of several other krewes and organizations are stored in the "float barn", a warehouse procured by YMKG for that purpose.
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in 2001, the parade moved to the Saturday before the game as planned a decade before, and an integrated Krewe of Gasparilla was joined by over thirty other krewes before a record crowd of 750,000. Though "Supersized Gasparilla" was well received and was seen as a sign of the community's social
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As the scheduling of the Parade of Pirates shifted over the years, the dates of the other two large parades of the season have generally shifted as well, with the Children's Parade held one week before and the Krewe of San'Yago Illuminated Knight Parade held two weeks after the main Gasparilla
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While claiming that it was not a racist organization and was open to accepting Black members, YMKG argued in September 1990 that it was "too late" to expand its membership before the 1991 parade and canceled the event instead. The city of Tampa hastily put together a replacement parade called
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event, as unlike the Parade of Pirates, alcohol is not allowed along the parade route, which runs along Bayshore Boulevard and is about half as long as the main Gasparilla Parade. The Children's Parade was first held in 1947 and was a simple affair that mostly featured schools and children's
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As of 2024, 115 floats participated in the Parade of Pirates; 14 used by YMKG and the rest by other krewes, local businesses, civic organizations, and sports teams. Some remain relatively simple in design, but a trend in recent years has been to build more elaborate floats with lights,
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By the 1980s, local minority organizations were publicly pointing out that exclusion from YMKG symbolized their continued exclusion from Tampa's top social and economic circles, as membership largely overlapped that other local organizations such as the Tampa
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pulled by horses or trucks, or simply a decorated truck by itself. More involved designs became more common after World War I, and by the 1950s, several multi-segmented floats with elaborate decorations rolled down Bayshore Boulevard on Gasparilla Day.
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not a surprise, as every automobile owner in town was invited to join the mounted pirates in the parade. The pirate-themed festival was not held again until 1910, when it was revived as part of a community celebration marking the opening of the
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Later in 1991, YMKG admitted two Black members and agreed to allow additional krewes to join the parade, and the Parade of Pirates returned in 1992 with an expanded participant list that better reflected the community's population.
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being the most adult-oriented parade of Tampa's Gasparilla season, the city has tried to reduce public drunkenness and other unruly behavior in recent years and has promoted the parade as a family-friendly event, with some success.
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organizations pulling homemade floats for a few blocks in downtown Tampa, though it slowly increased in complexity and popularity over the decades. It moved to its current route in 2002 and usually draws about 100,000 attendees.
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of Ybor City, who, as the story goes, has been hired by José Gaspar to help clear resistance to his impending pirate attack. The event was staged on an annual basis beginning in the early 1950s but was discontinued after the
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often participate, and many local businesses and organizations build and enter their own elaborate floats from which they also throw trinkets to the crowd. The parade has been broadcast live on local television for decades:
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The Outbound Voyage is the culminating event of the Gasparilla season which was revived in 2008 after being discontinued in 1964. During this ceremony, the pirates return the key of the city to the mayor, climb aboard the
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Though very popular now, beads were rarely seen at Gasparilla Parades before the mid-1980s. The two most common throws before that were plastic or metal commemorative coins produced annually by various krewes and spent
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Other criticism had its roots in the earliest iterations of the parade and the original organization behind the festival, and these critiques led to a controversy which gained national attention in the early 1990s.
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The Sant' Yago Illuminated Knight Parade (sometimes referred to as the Gasparilla night parade) has been organized since 1974 by the Krewe of the Knights of Sant' Yago. It is held in the historical neighborhood of
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I. The parade and related events were canceled during the involvement of the United States in the war, and when the festivities resumed in 1920, they were regularly scheduled for mid-February to coincide with the
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and key yacht and country clubs. An invitation to join YMKG did not only allow the invitee to dress like a pirate for the parade; it was a sign that they had "arrived in the community". As former Tampa mayor
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Morelli, Keith (January 29, 2016). "The party that pays for itself Gasparilla parade an expensive affair but not for taxpayers: Gasparilla parade is an expensive affair but not for taxpayers". The Tampa
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and his crew, who are portrayed by members of Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla (YMKG), an organization created for this purpose in 1904. Around noon on Gasparilla Day, members of YMKG set sail across
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progress, the city has opted not to repeat the schedule change when hosting subsequent Super Bowls due to the serious challenges posed by large crowds and snarled traffic across downtown and
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when no such find has ever been documented. The brochure also claimed that the bulk of Gaspar's vast treasure cache "still lies unmoved" somewhere in the vicinity of Boca Grande.
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from the mayor in a playful ceremony which has had different outcomes in different years. Whether or not the mayor actually "surrenders", the pirates stage a victory parade along
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stop sponsored by Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla from 1932 to 1935. The 1935 edition had the largest prize purse on that year's PGA Tour ($ 4000), but with the deepening of the
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in 1972 and organized their own parade in Ybor City beginning in 1974. However, African-Americans and others among Tampa's diverse population remained excluded from YMKG.
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In 1923, author Francis Bradlee obtained a copy of the Gasparilla Inn brochure and, assuming it was factual, included Gaspar in a book he was writing about piracy in the
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From Theory to Practice 2013: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Anglophone Studies, September 5–6, 2013, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Czech Republic
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During the parade, members of Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla along with about fifty other krewes throw beads, coins, and various souvenirs to the throngs from over 100
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This simmering issue grew into a heated controversy in 1990. Tampa and YMKG had agreed to stage the 1991 Parade of Pirates a week earlier than usual to coincide with
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Parade participants on floats and on foot have traditionally tossed souvenirs as they make their way along the route, but the specific items have changed over time.
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to use firearms during the parade, trained members of YMKG still fire loud mini-cannons from several specialized floats and during the cross-bay voyage of the
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The Krewe of Gasparilla was Tampa's only officially recognized Gasparilla krewe until the co-ed Krewe of Venus was organized in 1965. This was followed by the
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The Children's Gasparilla Extravaganza is held on the Saturday prior to the main parade, currently the second-to-last Saturday in January. It is billed as a
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and water hoses. The U.S. Navy returns fire with their water hoses and (on occasion) rotten vegetables, but they are eventually forced to surrender to the
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parade, and the Sant' Yago Illuminated Knight Parade, which is organized by the Krewe of the Knights of Sant' Yago in the historic neighborhood of
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organized post-parade volunteer cleanup efforts which annually collect thousands of pounds of plastic from the parade route and nearby Tampa Bay.
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anchored offshore. The first shipborne invasion came in 1911, when a merchant vessel was borrowed, decorated, and temporarily rechristened the
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two weeks after the main parade. Besides the three large parades, the city hosts many other community events during this time including the
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to lead every invasion since its launching except in 1971, when bad weather and rough seas canceled the flotilla, though not the parade.
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made use of the media's focus on the internationally broadcast event to highlight YMKG's segregated membership, and the city and the
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The Parade of Pirates and some related events are organized by Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla (YMKG), a local club modeled after the
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that he had written the Gasparilla story "in a style that tourists like to hear" but that it was "without a true fact in it."
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and other live entertainers, and dozens of additional krewes and community organizations. Participants on floats and on foot
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for the day. A series of borrowed ships were used until the 1930s, when Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla bought an old merchant
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in the newly established town of Boca Grande on Gasparilla Island. The brochure was produced and widely distributed by the
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usually sails nearby firing its mini-cannons during the parade, and the day ends with a fireworks display over Tampa Bay.
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do not fit under the highway where it bridges the river near its mouth. Since 1992, the ship has made its way into
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The first written account of José Gaspar appeared in the early 1900s as part of an advertising brochure for the
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Many of the events of Tampa's Gasparilla season are organized by social and charitable organizations known as
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college football game (renamed in 2018) along with a variety of other events that change from year to year.
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that José Gaspar will arrive with an invasion force on the following Saturday to steal the key to the city.
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The first several mock pirate invasions were land-based, with the backstory depicting the pirate ship
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Gasparilla began as a surprise land-based pirate "invasion" by a few civic leaders during the city's
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from the 1780s through the 1820s. Different versions of the story say that he was either a Spanish
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can usually be found moored near the northern end of Bayshore Boulevard within sight of downtown.
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A wide variety of local businesses, organizations, and smaller events ranging from restaurants to
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to classic car shows and food festivals use the names "Gaspar" or "Gasparilla"; according to the
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have long been a part of Gasparilla festivities. The earliest examples were decorated wagons or
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debuted during Gasparilla's 50th anniversary celebration in 1954 and has been used ever since.
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Several semi-theatrical events take place before and after the Gasparilla Day pirate invasion:
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For over half a century, various Gasparilla pirate ships would sail about half a mile up the
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in a playful ceremony. YMKG then stages a 4.5-mile-long (7.2 km) victory parade down
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near downtown almost since its inception. For several decades, the parade route ended at
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The theme and focal point of Gasparilla is a theatrical invasion by mythical pirate
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Gasparilla Parade by locals, and the date of the event is known as Gasparilla Day.
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communities in the American South in the early 20th century, it was strictly
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despite years of searching by amateur and professional treasure-seekers.
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when all major events of the Gasparilla Season were canceled due to the
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is actually a 137-foot-long (42 m), 36-foot-wide (11 m) steel
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in 1976 ended that tradition, as the 100-foot (30 m) masts of the
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At least a portion of the Gasparilla Parade of Pirates has traversed
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accompanied by hundreds of smaller private boats. It moors along the
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with the legend of the local pirate to promote and enliven Tampa's
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and other staff and resources to limit its financial contribution.
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pressured the Krewe to admit its first African-American members.
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in January. As planning commenced in 1990, local chapters of the
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The theme of Gasparilla was inspired by the legend of the pirate
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Though Tampa was home to one of the largest and most prosperous
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Flotilla of boats near downtown during the pirate invasion, 2003
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vessels ever encountered a pirate named Gaspar or a ship named
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Tampa Mayor Sandy Freedman Administration Oral History Project
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ship volunteers to be attacked by several small boats of the "
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Sussingham, Robin; Colombini, Stephanie (January 22, 2019).
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society editor Louise Frances Dodge and Tampa's director of
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for various charitable causes and annually endows several
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Woo, Jefferee; Wynne, Sharon Kennedy (January 21, 2024).
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The first Gasparilla parade was held in May 1904, after
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Members of YMKG fire mini-cannons and throw beads, 2024.
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estimated local economic impact of about $ 40 million.
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The History of Gasparilla Pirate Fest – Tampa, Florida
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Sketch of José Gaspar from a 1900 advertising brochure
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in the 1780s and established his "pirate kingdom" on
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Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida. 3259:"The History of the Jose Gasparilla Pirate Ship" 3207:Bradlee, Francis Boardman Crowninshield (1923). 2893: 1450: 1448: 1446: 1444: 1442: 1440: 1438: 1436: 1434: 1432: 865:, who supposedly operated off the west coast of 720:The Sant' Yago Illuminated Knight Parade in 2016 626:About two weeks before the Parade of Pirates, a 380:mooring behind the Tampa Convention Center, 2017 3153: 2926:"Tampa's Old Guard Wary of Diluting Gasparilla" 2076: 2074: 2072: 2070: 2068: 2066: 2064: 1879: 1877: 1383:. Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla. Archived from 1218:, where festivities continue into the evening. 224:and a host of related community events held in 3682: 3542: 3276: 2984: 2982: 2019: 1940: 1938: 1936: 1692: 1558: 1556: 1210:Since 2011, the parade route has concluded at 3957:University of South Florida Botanical Gardens 3840: 3758: 3756: 3300: 3210:Piracy in the West Indies and its suppression 3162: 3113: 3111: 2709:. Spectrum News Tampa Bay. 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Gasparilla Pirate Fest – official site. 3301:Kennedy Wynne, Sharon (January 19, 2022). 3108: 2889: 2887: 2859: 2784:Wynne, Sharon Kennedy (February 7, 2020). 2673:"Sant' Yago Illuminated Knight Parade FAQ" 2646: 2622:Kennedy Wynne, Sharon (January 18, 2018). 2561:Kennedy Wynne, Sharon (January 21, 2018). 2239:"Gasparilla Pirates Try to Shed Old Image" 2175: 2115:Wynne, Sharon Kennedy (January 24, 2024). 2110: 2108: 2049:Wynne, Sharon Kennedy (January 23, 2024). 2044: 2042: 2040: 1789:Vander Velde, Jessica (January 24, 2012). 1718: 1716: 1654: 1594:Wynne, Sharon Kennedy (January 25, 2019). 1399: 1071:at approximately the same location in 1959 3706: 3696:A diverse Gasparilla appeases its critics 3566: 3564: 3257:Kite-Powell, Rodney (December 20, 2022). 3039: 2446:"Gasparilla Pirate Fest – Tampa, Florida" 2393: 2267: 2230: 2002: 2000: 1753: 1751: 1749: 1747: 1745: 1371: 1369: 1367: 1256:YMKG integration / Super Bowl controversy 302:, and since 2011, it has ended along the 3638: 3627: 3147: 2918: 2703:"Gasparilla 2022: What you need to know" 2652: 2399: 2205: 2080: 1757: 1667: 1618: 1487: 1225: 1180: 998: 846: 842: 777: 758:One of the first related events was the 715: 682: 674: 617: 538: 530: 518: 507: 371: 347: 339: 3765:"Superbowl 2001: Gasparilla Supersized" 3707:Stevenson, Jennifer L. (May 30, 1991). 3651: 3543:Mormino, Gary; Pozzeta, George (2018). 3466: 3252: 3250: 3248: 3246: 3206: 3200: 3084:Spata, Christopher (January 17, 2019). 3079: 3077: 3026: 3014: 2954: 2884: 2840: 2822:from the original on September 11, 2015 2105: 2037: 2006: 1862:from the original on September 26, 2021 1713: 1630:Spata, Christopher (January 18, 2020). 1246:ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic 468:, which were originally modeled on the 4236: 3561: 3448:from the original on February 16, 2021 3213:. Salem, Mass. : Essex Institute. 3135:from the original on December 23, 2019 3062:from the original on December 23, 2019 2989:Calise, Gabrielle (January 27, 2020). 2988: 2841:Stefani, Kelly A. (January 16, 2024). 2808: 2597:Gasparilla Pirate Fest – official site 2325: 2321: 2319: 2317: 2315: 2313: 2206:Bancroft, Colette (January 17, 2020). 2187:Hawley, Catherine (January 18, 2019). 2186: 2145:from the original on December 13, 2023 1997: 1883: 1742: 1562: 1510:from the original on December 22, 2015 1364: 734:Additional events of Gasparilla Season 452:has provided coverage since 1955, and 233:José Gaspar (also known as Gasparilla) 4117:Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 3828: 3816:Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla Records 3741:from the original on January 23, 2023 3662: 3623:. 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key to the city
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May Day
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Tampa Riverwalk
Ybor City
Gasparilla Film Festival
Gasparilla Distance Classic
Gasparilla Bowl

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