Joseph (Joe) N. Langan

Historical marker location:

900 Spring Hill Avenue, Mobile, Alabama

( Marker can be reached from the intersection of Spring Hill Avenue and North Broad Street.)

Marker installed: 2010

1912 - 2004.

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.