Monument to Powered Flight

Historical marker location:

Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama

( Marker is on Chennault Circle east of Twining Street, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1985

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.