Confederate Memorial

Historical marker location:

Troy, Alabama

( Marker is on South Three Notch Street (U.S. 29) south of Elm Street, on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1908

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.