The Manassas Club Explained

The Manassas Club
Founded:

The Manassas Club was a gentlemen's club in Mobile, Alabama, founded in 1861.^[1]

History

Founded in November 1861, the Manassas Club was the oldest gentlemen's club in Mobile, Alabama, preceding The Athelstan Club by a decade.

In an article by the Mobile Press Register Today in history: Wrapping up Mardi Gras 1911,

Famous guests

Ulysses S. Grant was hosted for a luncheon in April 1880.^[2]

See also

• The Athelstan Club
• Cowbellion de Rakin Society
• Striker's Independent Society

Notes and References

1. Web site: History - Athelstan Club .
2. http://www.magnoliacemetery.com/news/messenger_fall13.pdf