Descendants of slaves, slave owners in Butler County coming together to protect their history
Descendants of some former slaves and former slave owners in Butler County have a unique historical connection that they hope to protect.
Alabama history
AUM holds 50th Alabama History Day on campus
This was the 50th anniversary for Alabama History Day with this year’s theme being ‘Turning Points in History.’
State hopes to bring awareness, money to Alabama’s “First Road”
Byler Road is as old as Alabama, authorized by state lawmakers in 1819, to bring settlers to the western part of the state.
State of Alabama Celebrates Bicentennial
It was a historic day in the Capitol City Saturday, as hundreds of Alabama residents came to downtown Montgomery for the state’s Bicentennial Celebration. “73 thousand days, 24 hundred months, 200 years. That, my fellow Alabamians, is how long we have been a state,” Alabama Governor Kay Ivey said. That was Ivey’s opening statement as she led the Bicentennial Park…
Alabama Bicentennial Traveling Exhibit Comes to Pike County
Alabama’s 200th birthday celebrations continue. The Alabama Bicentennial Traveling Exhibit has been making stops across the state since March. It’s currently in Pike County. “You can spend hours in here or, of course, you can rush through it in 45 minutes if you want to,” Brundidge Historical Society President Lawrence Bowden says. Put on by the Alabama Humanities Foundation, the…
