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Mardi Gras in Mobile

Posted on March 3, 2014 by | Posted in: A.S. Williams III Collection, Alabama Collection, Donnelly Walton, Mardi Gras, Mobile | Leave a comment

By: Donnelly Walton, Archival Access Coordinator I grew up in Mobile, Alabama, a town known as the “Mother of the Mystics.” Although Mobile’s Mardi Gras is perhaps not as famous as the celebration in New Orleans, Mobile boasts the oldest Mardi Gras in the country. I grew up feeling pride in my … Continue reading →