The south may be rife with debutante balls, but few compare to The Society of Martha Washington’s Colonial Pageant and Ball – a historically-themed event in Laredo, Texas where teenaged girls make their debut in 19th century-inspired gowns.
The ball has been chronicled with a documentary on PBS titled ‘Las Marthas’, which premiered on the network last evening.
It was aired to coincide with this year’s ball which, keeping with tradition, will be held on February 22 in celebration of George Washington’s birthday.
The date was deemed a holiday in Laredo following 1898 conflict between the city’s townsmen and their neighboring Yaqui Native American tribe.
In 1939 Laredo introduced the now-traditional Martha Washington pageant and ball, for which approximately twenty debutantes, hailing from both Laredo, Texas and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, are invited to make their debut in a colonial fashion.
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