Ellen Dorrit Hoffleit

Historical marker location:

10 Hightower Place, Florence, Alabama

( Marker can be reached from Hightower Place, 0.3 miles south of Veterans Drive (Alabama Route 133).)

Marker installed: 2016

City of Florence Walk of Honor.

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.