Finley's Drug Stores

Historical marker location:

Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, Mobile, Alabama

( Marker is at the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue and Tunstall Street, on the right when traveling north on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue.)

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.