It would be easy to overlook this lovely little gem on Government St because it sits so close to the imposing modern Government Plaza building. It was once the office of Dr. Henry Levert. It was built alongside his family’s home, a well-known location where “Madame Levert” entertained regularly, held weekly “salons” and welcomed dignitaries visiting the city. Dr. Levert was a respected physician and an active and prominent citizen, but his legacy was overshadowed by the fame

Often overlooked, Mobile’s nineteenth-century Fireman’s Day parades once rivaled even the dramatic Mardi Gras festivities.

Lafayette's visit celebrated the success of the American Republic, of unity and prosperity.

Meet Octavia Walton Levert, Alva Smith Belmont, and Yolande Betbeze Fox. Their lives spanned across the nineteenth and twentieth-centuries b

In Mobile it is popular to say America’s first Mardi Gras was celebrated in Mobile in 1703. But popular media in Louisiana has traditionally

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Was 1703 really the "first," or "original" Mardi Gras celebration in America ? Perhaps it is the nature of the beast, Mardi Gras in all of its mystery, must remained shrouded in myth. But the myth of Mardi Gras in colonial Mobile is problematic not only because it presents Mobile as a city with an antiquated perspective, one which relies on oral tradition and hearsay, but it also perpetuates an outdated Euro-centric view of this era. While new resources and technologies have

Did Mardi Gras in America start in New Orleans or Mobile? The only way to answer that question has, for over 100 years, been manipulated by semantics to suit the agendas of these rival Gulf Coast port cities. The only honest answer must begin by asking "what do you mean by ‘Mardi Gras’”? The debate continues only because the word is used to mean two different things with each side using a meaning to suit their argument without recognizing the other. Much like the word "Creol

Reconsidering the image of "slave traders" in antebellum society. Case in point, Benjamin Vincent