Historical Marker
Harrison Brothers Hardware
Historical marker location:
124 Southside Square, Huntsville, Alabama
( Marker is at the intersection of Southside Square and Franklin Street Southeast, on the right when traveling east on Southside Square.)
Marker installed: 1989
Established 1879.
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.