Showing posts with label holiday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label holiday. Show all posts
Friday, February 1, 2019

Birmingham's First Mardi Gras

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In Alabama we associate Mardis Gras celebrations with either our own city of Mobile , where it all began, or New Orleans, where the element...
Thursday, July 6, 2017

Holidays Past in Alabama: A List

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My effort to bring together related posts on this blog continues here.   So far I've also done  "Film Actresses from Alabama Befor...
Friday, March 3, 2017

Saint Patrick's Days Past in Alabama

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March 17 is the traditional death date of Saint Patrick and its celebration acknowledges him and the arrival of Christianity in Ireland. Th...
Friday, December 23, 2016

New Year's Eve in Montgomery in 1967

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Recently I began looking for some photos to use in one of my history of holidays in Alabama blog posts on New Year's Eve and Day. As ...
Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Veterans Days Past in Alabama

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Veterans Day has its origin in "Armistice Day" which in many countries recognizes the end of World War I. A resident of Birmingha...
Monday, January 18, 2016

Mardi Gras Past in Alabama

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Despite New Orleans' claim to the contrary, the Catholic celebration Mardi Gras began in America in Mobile when the city was a French c...
Monday, December 7, 2015

Christmas Past in Alabama

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What to say about Christmas? A time of both great spirituality and much commerce, the day has a fascinating history  and practice both sacre...