Joining the Marches

Historical marker location:

618 19th St N, Birmingham, Alabama

( Marker is on 19th Street North north of Park Place, on the left when traveling north.)

March Route to Government. Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail.

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.