Roberts will hold a launch party and book signing at the Mobile Carnival Museum on Saturday, Jan. 17, for "Mardi Gras in Mobile," published by The History Press, based in Charleston, S.C. The ...

What's the history behind this crazy thing we call Mardi Gras? The first Mardi Gras was held in 1703 in Mobile, Alabama ... professor Barry Ancelet in his book, “Capitaine, Voyage Ton Flag ...

If you want to find out more about the history of Mardi Gras in Mobile, check out Mardi Gras in Mobile— a new book by L. Craig Roberts, writer, historian, and docent extraordinaire at the Mobile ...

If so, Emily Blejwas, author of the forthcoming book “Savor Alabama: History and Culture through ... throwing of marshmallow pies during Mobile’s Mardi Gras. Moon Pie memories can be from ...

And very few places have a festival that’s so tied into their history and their people.” If anyone should know about Mardi Gras’ tie-in with Mobile, it’s Toomey. Her family owns Toomey’s ...

Mobile is located 144 miles away from New Orleans. Some history books claim that the first Mardi Gras in America happened in 1699 when French explorers Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville and Jean ...

Mardi Gras was first observed in the New World in 1703 at a settlement near Mobile, with Carnival celebrations starting in 1711 at the city’s present site. (The first Mardi Gras in New Orleans ...

Learn more about the history of Carnival and Mardi Gras in Mobile at this great museum ... luxurious comfort in the heart of ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The carnival festivities began Thursday night with the Lighting of the Mardi Gras Tree in downtown ... “It’s been good to us.” “History, the culture is amazing ...

The out-of-print book updates information that Young included and is heavily illustrated with black-and-white photos. “Mardi Gras: A Pictorial History of Carnival” (1977) by noted Louisiana ...