Getting a mouth full of Mardi Gras munchies

Published 12:00 am Tuesday, February 12, 2002

First Presbyterian Church preschoolers from left, Grace Upshaw, Grey Houser, Connor Hughes and Drew Swatzell munch on candy caught during a Mardi Gras parade held behind the church on Cherry Street Monday. Today is Fat Tuesday, the last day of carnival season and the last day before Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent.(The Vicksburg Post/MELANIE DUNCAN)

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