Drive thru Natchez NHP Mardi Gras & Battleship Memorial Park: Natchez, MS & Mobile, AL

Take a ride though a couple of the South's older cities with us on this episode of X-ploreNation. Natchez is the oldest city in Mississippi on the Mississippi River, it’s known for antebellum mansions such as the Melrose estate, part of the Natchez National Historical Park. Trade made possible by the river traffic brought wealth to the region when the Mississippi was the western frontier of the nation and cotton was king. Once a major trade route, Natchez Trace Parkway is now a scenic drive.
We timed our arrival to Mobile, Alabama perfectly...right in the middle of the Mardi Gras parade! New Orleans is not the birthplace of Mardi Gras in the U.S. That distinction belongs to Mobile, Alabama when they had theirs in 1703.
Also, while cruising through Mobile, we spotted the Battleship Memorial Park, a military history park and museum on Mobile Bay. USS Alabama is a National Historic Landmark. Home to a crew of 2,500 sailors, this war machine’s WWII claim to fame is leading the American Fleet into Tokyo Bay on September 5, 1945. 9 Battle Stars for meritorious service were awarded the “Mighty A” during her 3 years as the “Heroine of the Pacific”. The ship was used in the film USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage starring Nicolas Cage.

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