Protestant Children's Home

Historical marker location:

911 Dauphin Street, Mobile, Alabama

( Marker is on Dauphin Street, 0.1 miles east of Common Street, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1966

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.