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  Conde Cavaliers Parade February 11, 2022

  Paula Webb

  Recording of the first Mobile Mardi Gras Parade after Covid-19 shutdown. It was the Conde Cavaliers Parade on February 11, 2022.

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  Mardi Gras in Ebony

  Eric Finley

  Join us as Eric Finley, of the Dora Franklin Finley African-American Heritage Trail (www.dffaaht.org) tells the story of the Mobile Area Mardi Gras Association (MAMGA). Music provided by the Excelsior Band (excelsiorband1883.org). Recorded by Paula Webb, Librarian, USA Libraries.

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  Tardi Gras 2021

  Paula Webb

  Tardi Gras Parade 2021 was held in honor of the launch of the USS Mobile. Recorded May 21, 2021, by Paula Webb, Librarian, USA Libraries.

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  History of Mobile Mardi Gras Doubloons

  Eddie Wolfe

  Eddie Wolfe, Mobile Carnival Historical Society, shares the history of Mardi Gras doubloons and the art of collecting the local treasures. Interested in starting your own collection or learning more? Visit the Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MobileDoubloon or @MobileDoubloon Recorded February 26, 2021, by Paula Webb, Librarian, University of South Alabama Libraries.

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  Michael Krafft - The Father of the Cowbellion de Rakin Society

  Eddie Wolfe

  We join Eddie Wolfe, Mobile Carnival Historical Association, as he shares the history of the earliest Mobile Mardi Gras Society, the Cowbellion de Rakin Society. No better place to start than on the Birthday of its founder, Michael Krafft at Magnolia Cemetery in Mobile, Alabama.

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  Mardi Gras During the Pandemic of 1918

  Eddie Wolfe

  Join Eddie Wolfe, Mobile Mardi Gras historian, as he talks about how Mobile managed Mardi Gras during the Pandemic of 1918. The recording was made at the Mobile Medical Museum by Paula Webb, Librarian at the University of South Alabama.