Fort Morgan’s little parade could be Mardi Gras season’s sole survivor in Baldwin County
Updated Jan 14, 2021;
Three years ago, Gayle Pierce was driving around with a close friend when she asked, “What do you think of Fort Morgan having a Mardi Gras parade?”
The question led to the creation of a parade that rolled for the first time in 2019 along a street abutting the Gulf of Mexico within the unincorporated Fort Morgan peninsula.
There are no marching bands in this procession, and no glitzy, gliding street schooners like those in Mobile, Daphne, Fairhope and beyond. Mostly, it’s homegrown floats and neighbors having fun in decorated golf carts.