Cotton State / Slavery

Historical marker location:

500 Dexter Ave, Montgomery, Alabama

( Marker can be reached from the intersection of Dexter Avenue and North Bainbridge Street, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 2019

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.