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Mobile Crowd watching a Labor Day parade in downtown Mobile, Alabama

Downtown Mobile’s Toilet Paper Parade Draws Biggest Labor Day Crowd in Years

James Bullard, September 1, 2014

The 69th annual Labor Day parade through downtown Mobile drew its largest crowd in years, with 2,000 marchers and 17 union floats.

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Mobile A roundabout under construction at a rural Mobile County intersection

Mobile County’s Second Roundabout Takes Shape as a Holiday-Weekend Detour Looms

James Bullard, August 29, 2014July 16, 2026

Crews were set to close the intersection of Three Notch Road at Dawes Lane for about two months to finish Mobile County’s second roundabout, part of a busy slate of area road work.

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Fairhope A straw boater hat and white linen jacket, symbols of the Southern spring wardrobe

When Could You Wear White? Mobile’s Forgotten Straw Hat Day and the Rules of a Southern Spring

James Bullard, April 1, 2010

Long before Memorial Day became the national starting gun for white shoes, Mobile mayors proclaimed Straw Hat Day just before Easter. The city archives still hold the proclamations.

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