Ike-damaged Galveston goes on with its annual Mardi Gras festival (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)

Sun, 02/15/2009 - 00:52 — admin

GALVESTON, Texas - Hundreds of revellers gathered Saturday to celebrate an annual Mardi Gras tradition in Galveston in a show of support for the island ravaged by Hurricane Ike's powerful storm surge just five months ago.