<P> A type of Mardi Gras festival was brought to Mobile by the founding French Catholic settlers of French Louisiana , as the celebration of Mardi Gras was part of preparation for Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent . The first record of the holiday being marked in America is on March 3 , 1699 , at a camp site along the Mississippi River delta . Following the construction of Fort Louis de La Louisiane in 1702 , the soldiers and settlers celebrated Mardi Gras beginning in 1703 . Thus started an annual tradition , only occasionally canceled because of war . </P>
<P> A type of Mardi Gras festival was brought to Mobile by the founding French Catholic settlers of French Louisiana , as the celebration of Mardi Gras was part of preparation for Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent . The first record of the holiday being marked in America is on March 3 , 1699 , at a camp site along the Mississippi River delta . Following the construction of Fort Louis de La Louisiane in 1702 , the soldiers and settlers celebrated Mardi Gras beginning in 1703 . Thus started an annual tradition , only occasionally canceled because of war . </P>
where did the first mardi gras take place
where did the first mardi gras take place
at a camp site along the Mississippi River delta
at a camp site along the Mississippi River delta