Mt. Pleasant Cemetery

Historical marker location:

5797 County Road 6600, Linwood, Alabama

( Marker is at the intersection of County Road 6600 and County Road 6602, on the right when traveling north on County Road 6600.)

Marker installed: 2010

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.