Like the day that honors mothers, Father's Day is celebrated in many countries around the world. In the United States the day was forma...

Recently I posted the first item in this series about stamps related to Alabama. That one featured some of Alabama's great African-Ame...

In February 1941 four nurses---three of them nuns---from Nazareth, Kentucky, arrived in Ensley to open a clinic to serve poor blacks in the...

Valhermoso Springs is a small community on Alabama Highway 36 in Morgan County. Although unincorporated, the place does have its own post of...

In a previous post I covered the long history of schools in Pelham. The city created its own school system last year and new schools are o...

The holiday now known as Memorial Day  has a convoluted history, but the purpose has always been to honor war dead. Ceremonies began after t...

William Weatherford  or "Red Eagle" is an important figure in early Alabama history. He was a major leader of the Red Stick factio...