Julian Rayford's Joe Cain Day brought Mardi Gras to the masses, but his own story seems to be fading with time.

For the past 51 years, a group of unknown women wearing identical black veils and dresses, concealing their identities have arrived at the Church Street Graveyard, weeping and wailing over the loss of ...

has watched the spectacle up close each year for the past 30 years. The Merry Widows of Joe Cain are his favorites, and he wants to make sure he has a prime viewing spot against the cemetery gate.