Reading Red Mountain

Historical marker location:

1852 Richard Arrington Jr Blvd S, Birmingham, Alabama

( Marker can be reached from Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard, 0.2 miles north of 20th Avenue South, on the right when traveling south.)

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.