New Year’s Day celebrations continued Wednesday in Montgomery. The annual Lacey Boyd New Year’s Day Parade marched down Fairview Avenue for its 16th year. “It’s my first time, but I don’t think I’m going to miss another one,” Montgomery resident Betty Taylor said. Community members lined the streets around Carver High School to watch the parade roll through town: “The…
Millions watched them lead the Rose Parade on New Year’s day, now the Marching Hornets have returned to Montgomery. The Hornets returned from the palm trees and sunny skies of Pasadena on Wednesday night. Dr. James Oliver says it was experience he will never forget. Many of the band members expressed the same thoughts. The Marching Hornets had an issue…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– People in Dallas County spent part of New Year’s Day celebrating the signing of the historic document that freed the slaves. Its the 155th anniversary of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln. A program commemorating the signing was held at New Bethel Baptist Church in Orrville. The event was coordinated by the…
