Vivian Malone Jones

Historical marker location:

758 St. Anthony Street, Mobile, Alabama

( Marker is on St. Anthony Street west of North Scott Street, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 2017

July 15, 1942 - October 13, 2005.

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.