Goldsmith-Schiffman Field

Historical marker location:

Huntsville, Alabama

( Marker is at the intersection of Ward Avenue NE and White Street NE, on the left when traveling east on Ward Avenue NE.)

Marker installed: 1998

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.