FIRST -- City in New France, Mobile AL
N 30° 41.549 W 088° 02.593
16R E 400087 N 3395986
A plaque in French in Bienville Square honors Pierre le Moyne d'Iberville, the founder of Mobile, the firs city in French Louisiana
Waymark Code: WMNE42
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 02/25/2015
Views: 5
This plaque, written only in French, is affixed to a boulder in the historic old city plaza (now Bienville Square) in downtown Mobile, AL. The boulder is near the southeast corner of Conception St at St. Francis Street.
The plaque reads as follows:
"A la gloire de
PIERRE LE MOYNE D’IBERVILLE
Le Heros de la Baie D’Hudson,
de Terre-Neuve, et de Nevis
Qui fonda en 1702
MOBILE
Premiere Ville de la Louisiane Francaise
Ne a Montreal en 1661
Mort a La Havane en 1706
Apposee de la Mission Nationale Francais organisee en 1937 par la Comite de Francias-Amerique"
Mama Blaster will apologize in advance for any rusty French as she translates the marker into English:
"To the glory of
PIERRE LE MOYNE D’IBERVILLE
Hero of Hudson's Bay, Newfoundland, and Nevis
Who founded in 1702
MOBILE
The first city in French Louisiana
Born in Montreal in 1661
Died in Havana in 1706
Erected in 1937 by the French-American Committee"
FIRST - Classification Variable: Place or Location
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1702
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