General Basile Gras (2 January 1836 – 14 April 1901) created the Gras rifle for the French Army in 1874 by converting the Mle 1866 Chassepot rifle to...
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Fusil Modèle 1874 or Gras was the French Army's primary service rifle from 1874 to 1886. Designed by Colonel Basile Gras, the Gras was a metallic cartridge...
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Look up gras in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gras may refer to: Basile Gras (1836–1901), French firearm designer Enrico Gras (1919–1981), Italian filmmaker...
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de Mardi Gras (Louisiana French pronunciation: [kuɾiɾ d maɾdi ɡɾa], French pronunciation: [kuʁiʁ də maʁdi ɡʁa]) is a traditional Mardi Gras event held...
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Ville Platte, the Swine Festival parade in Basile, as well as local Christmas and Mardi Gras parades. The Basile Bearcats compete in Class 1A of the LHSAA...
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Mardi Gras in the United States is celebrated in a number of cities and regions in the country. Most of these places trace their Mardi Gras celebrations...
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presided at the time by General Baptiste Tramond and included Colonel Basile Gras, Colonel Bonnet, Lt-Colonel Lebel, Castan, de Tristan, Captain Desaleux...
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a non-exhaustive overview of Bœuf Gras festivities around the world. An English cartoon from 1660 depicts Mardi Gras mounted on a Fat Ox and ready to do...
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Cajuns (section Mardi Gras)
Sunday. Mardi Gras was historically a time to use up the foods that were not to be used during Lent, including fat, eggs, and meat. Mardi Gras celebrations...
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Gras is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France. Côtes du Vivarais AOC Communes of the Ardèche department "Répertoire national des élus:...
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