Eddie Kendricks Memorial Park

Historical marker location:

1727 4th Ave N, Birmingham, Alabama

( Marker is on 4th Avenue North west of 18th Street North, on the left when traveling west.)

Destination. 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.