"Take Her Down!"

Historical marker location:

2703 Battleship Parkway, Mobile, Alabama

( Memorial can be reached from Battleship Parkway (U.S. 90).)

Howard Walter Gilmore, Commander, U.S.N.. Born 29 September 1902, Selma, Ala.

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.