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Mardi Gras’s beginnings are in Europe, particularly France. In North America, Mobile and New Orleans share many “Firsts” in the history of Mardi Gras. Which city deserves the most credit depends on who you ask the question to. Records from the late 1600’s and early 1700’s are incomplete and sometimes disputed by historians.
