Mobile, Alabama’s first big parade of the Mardi Gras season was held Friday night. With clear skies and nighttime temperatures in the 50s, a big crowd was in attendance to go after plastic beads ...

(The report comes after the Alabama Tourism Department erected ... years after Mobile was founded and 15 years after Mobile's first Mardi Gras celebration. But the first French presence on the ...

Mobile was the capital of French-held Louisiana at the time – later becoming part of Alabama Territory and the State of Alabama – so both states have claims on the title of first Mardi Gras.

Alabama — the birthplace of Mardi Gras in America. Mobile, founded by Roman Catholics from France in 1702, was home to the first mystic society, or "krewe," which held America’s first Mardi ...

Bienville would go on to found modern day Mobile, Alabama, and the city of New Orleans. In 1703, the first "organized" Mardi Gras was held in Mobile. From 1710 to around 1860, Mobile was the ...

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — The city that calls itself the “birthplace of Mardi Gras” kicked off its first real Mardi Gras celebration since 2020 after two years that were lost to the COVID-19 pandemic.

on May 21, 2021. Mobile, Alabama’s first big parade of the Mardi Gras season is scheduled for Friday night. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) 33,714 people played the daily Crossword recently.