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. Some articles may be behind a paywall. Enjoy!
Hank Williams died 70 years ago today: 20,000 attended 1953 Alabama funeral - al.com AL.com A line of thousands filled two-and-a-half city blocks as the funeral procession carried Hank to Oakwood Cemetery. If you purchase a product or ... |
| Alabama museum to honor 70th anniversary of Hank Williams death on New Year's Day AL.com Hank and Audrey Williams graves. Country legend Hank Williams and his first wife, Audrey Mae Sheppard Williams, are buried in Montgomery. |
See Mobile's World War II B-25 plane restored to former glory | The Bama Buzz
The Bama Buzz
Perfect for history enthusiasts, Mobile's USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park has a great collection of military weapons and aircraft.
Bob Penny, bit actor in numerous Hollywood films, dies at 87 - Spectrum News
Spectrum News
An Alabama actor who played small roles in movies including “Forrest Gump” and “Sweet Home Alabama” has died at age 87.
| Cullman, Alabama's Ave Maria Grotto is a world of wonders in miniature Alabama NewsCenter Alabama Living. December 29, 2022 ... Brother Joseph Zoettl died in 1961 at 83 and is buried in the Abbey cemetery. He was a monk of the abbey for ... |
| Signs, signs everywhere there's (quirky) signs in Alabama, AL.com reports | Traffic NOLA.com Covering everything from pork to religion to death, including a cemetery exclusively for coon hounds, quirky and funny roadside signs are ... |
| Good Hope Baptist in Eclectic celebrates 175th anniversary The Alabama Baptist Photo courtesy of the Alabama Baptist Historical Commission ... leading up to the celebration, the church highlighted the congregation's history. |
Black Widows, Serial Killers, And More: Revisit Alabama's Murderous History - Oxygen Oxygen Black Widows, Serial Killers, And More: Revisit Alabama's Murderous History. In the new series "Floribama Murders," investigators recount the most ... |
| New Leeds mural promotes community and transportation history | Bham Now Bham Now There is a new mural in downtown Leeds, Alabama. Honoring the community's transportation history as a stagecoach hub and its association with ... |
| Clotilda slave ship survivors' story to be told in new Mobile museum - Alabama NewsCenter Alabama NewsCenter The History Museum of Mobile, in partnership with the Alabama Historical Commission, has been working for three years to develop, ... |
Montgomery Landmarks Foundation finding new ways to preserve history - WSFA
WSFA
Landmarks has been known in the past for saving historic structures and operating Old Alabama Town, a living history museum in downtown Montgomery ...
| Birmingham to commemorate 60 years since the 1963 campaign for civil and human rights Alabama NewsCenter (Alabama Department of Archives and History). Among the events planned in 2023 are a Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing commemoration, ... |
| The Literary Inspiration Behind Alabama's Official State Cake - Tasting Table Tasting Table The book references a real-life lane cake reportedly made by a woman named Emma Rylander Lane in Clayton, Alabama. However, it was the novel that ... |
Alabama's education system was designed to preserve white supremacy. I should know.
AL.com
Alabama Constitution of 1901, Amendment 111. What's the danger of not minding one's history? Come with me, and I'll show you.
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