Emma Sansom

Historical marker location:

Gadsden, Alabama

( Marker can be reached from West Meighan Boulevard (Local Road 431) east of North 22nd Street, in the median.)

Marker installed: 1963

The city of Mobile, Alabama is home to the oldest Mardi Gras celebration in the United States. The first Mardi Gras parade in Mobile took place in 1703, just one year after the city was founded by the French.