Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Alabama History & Culture News: April 28 edition

 


Here's the latest batch of links to just-published Alabama history and culture articles. Most of these items are from newspapers, with others from magazines and TV and radio station websites. Enjoy!


The event is being held at Lanark, home of the Alabama Nature Center ... In 1970, the Alabama Historical Commission, in an effort to encourage smaller ... and present, cemetery tours, and special exhibits at the museum to promote ...

Sherry Myrick's New Book 'I Married Joe' is a Heartwarming Tale of a Woman's Unwavering ...
Sherry Myrick, a writer born and raised in Russellville, Alabama, who finished high school with a GED, has completed her most recent book "I Married ...

'Transformative change': How the growth of public art is impacting Montgomery
Yet, despite Montgomery being the city that gave birth to many historic changes for Black Americans, Browder said the city remained silent. Alabama's ...

Birmingham's Greyhound bus terminal returning to its 1950 glory: 'There's history here'
You've got Fire Station No. 1 across the other street. It's near Alabama Power. There's history here.” The bus depot opened in 1950, a brick and glass ...

Historical Hike explores the history of the Gould Coke Ovens
“Billy worked in several areas of Alabama, sending coal down the Coosa and Alabama rivers to eager buyers. When the Civil War broke out, he came ...

Walking tour shares Mobile's rich Mardi Gras history
We did not get far before the rains pushed us back inside the History Museum of Mobile. "Moon Pies replaced Cracker Jack boxes. Today we throw 3.1- ...

Alabama Original: Town of Mooresville
WAAY 31 Reporter Luke Hajdasz holds a three-week-old ewe at 1818 Farms in Mooresville. Disney used Mooresville as the shoot location for their 1995 ...
City looks to expand commercial historic district
Structures determined by the Alabama Historical Commission as eligible for listing in the National Register, or those individually listed in the National ...

Two Frat Brothers Met In Alabama, Made Fashion History With Luxury Hats
... have met in Alabama, but their friendship has taken them places they could only dream about—and enabled them to make history along the way.

Area students learn from two prominent book authors
Both Watt Key, author of Alabama Moon and Deep Water, and Dusti Bowling, author of 24 Hours in Nowhere and Canyon's Edge, were keynote ...
Is Captain Phillips Based on a True Story?
The cargo ship Maersk Alabama was hijacked by four Somali pirates on ... The book is co-authored by Richard Phillips, who was Captain of the ship ...
13 times Alabama took over the Oscars
Steven Spielberg's spectacular science fiction adventure earned eight Oscar nominations for directing, supporting actress (Melinda Dillon), ...

Ten years later, April 27 tornado outbreak still scars Alabama landscape and hearts
About 20 minutes later, the single deadliest tornado in Alabama history – one that reached EF5 strength, with winds speeds reaching 210 mph ...
Chelsea Star's New Book, 'Peter and the Book of Wisdom,' is an Adventurous Tale of Peter and His ...
Chelsea Star, an excellent writer, a loving mother, and a resident of Prattville, Alabama, has completed her new book, "Peter and the Book of Wisdom": ...
New book is a nifty collection of Southern stories and essays about small-town nostalgia and ...
The book also includes other newspaper features that Huffman has written over the years, between West and East Alabama, sharing genuine ...

... lives of four Alabama airmen. The service will be held at 3:30 p.m. in the Forest Hill Cemetery in Birmingham at the gravesite of Thomas “Pete” Ray.

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