W.C. Handy Music Festival
Most events are free; there is a charge for specific events Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/people/WC-Handy-Music-Festival/100057338685092/
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Various locations in The Shoals
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Historic Tuscaloosa Lecture Series
This is a free event open to the public. Doors open at 5 P.M. lecture begins at 5:30. The location will be uploaded to our webpage when decided.
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Digging into Fort Tombecbe: A Talk by Sarah Coffey
Mobile Public Library - West Regional Library 5555 Grelot Road, Mobile, United StatesUnearth A Story! Join us at West Regional Library as we dig into the history of French colonial Fort Tombecbe with Sarah Coffey, president of the Alabama Archaeological Society. Ms. Coffey will discuss the history of the fort, unearthed through ongoing archeological work that began in the 1980s. A short question-and-answer session will follow her...
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Butler County Historical & Genealogical Society’s July Quarterly Meeting
First Methodist Church Fellowship Hall 112 Adams Street, Greenville, United StatesBCHGS July Quarterly MeetingFeaturing Alabama Humanities Alliance Road Scholar Mike Bunn
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We the Readers – The Color Purple
Downtown Huntsville Library 915 Monroe St Southwest, Huntsville, United StatesCelebrate the 250th anniversary of The Declaration of Independence this year at the Downtown Huntsville Public Library with a search for The Great American Novel. This month we are reading The Color Purple by Alice Walker, published 1982. Celie has grown up poor in rural Georgia, despised by the society around her and abused by...
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Red, White, and Blue Devotional Book Talk with Becky Alexander
Community Room at Decatur Public Library 504 Cherry St NE, Decatur, United StatesAuthor Becky Alexander will discuss the latest volume in her Coffee with God devotional series, Coffee with God (Volume 6): 31 Red, White, and Blue Devotions. The book includes thirty-one patriotic devotions, a daily scripture, personal story, prayer, and place to write your own thoughts. Attendees will also learn about the 13 folds of the American flag and...
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History First: Lelia, the Cotton Queen
Seating is limited. Pre-registration required.Speaker: John Allison, Morgan County Archivist
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Celebrate America’s 250th Birthday with Niki Sepsas: A Means to an End: Privateers in the American Revolution
Homewood Public Library 1721 Oxmoor Road, Homewood, United StatesThis history series with Niki Sepsas tells the remarkable story of American Independence celebrating our 250th anniversary. Provided through a grant from America 250 Alabama. Realizing that America’s rebellious colonies were in no position to challenge Britain’s Royal Navy and its rule of the seas, the Continental Congress in 1776 began commissioning private vessels to...
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Old Baker Farm Summer Shindig
Old Baker Farm 184 Furrow Ln, Harpersville, United StatesThe event will begin at 6:00 pm and conclude with fireworks at 9:00pm. The price is $15 per person 2 years old and up and includes 5 sunflowers. Veterans will receive free admission with valid ID, and will be recognized at the opening ceremony. There will be vendors, an Americana Scavenger Hunt, a “250 Foot”...
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USS Alabama Battleship Living History Crew Drill
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/USSALABAMABattleshipMemorialPark/
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Taste of 4th Avenue Jazz Festival
Historic 4th Avenue Business DistrictFacebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/4thavejazz/
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Celebrate America’s 250th Birthday with Niki Sepsas: Birth of the “Stars and Stripes” & the Star Spangled Banner
Homewood Public Library 1721 Oxmoor Road, Homewood, United StatesThis history series with Niki Sepsas tells the remarkable story of American Independence celebrating our 250th anniversary. Provided through a grant from America 250 Alabama. How did a seamstress from New Jersey (the eighth of her parents’ 17 children!) help George Washington re-design a flag that would become the banner for the fledgling Continental Army...