• 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 States

    This 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...

  • Celebrate America’s 250th Birthday with Niki Sepsas: Of Colonies, States, & Territories: America’s Timeline

    Homewood Public Library 1721 Oxmoor Road, Homewood, United States

    This history series with Niki Sepsas tells the remarkable story of American Independence celebrating our 250th anniversary. Provided through a grant from America 250 Alabama. A look at the territorial growth of the United States over the past 250 years and how the 13 British colonies in North America have evolved into 50 states and...

  • 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.

    Free
  • We the Readers – Blood Meridian

    Downtown Huntsville Library 915 Monroe St Southwest, Huntsville, United States

    Celebrate 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 Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy, published 1985. Widely considered one of the finest novels by a living writer, Blood Meridian is an epic tale of...

  • Kickoff in the Wiregrass: America 250 Celebration

    Troy University 600 University Ave, Troy, United States

    Tailgate Terrace America Block Party Begins at 3 pm, Kickoff vs Sam Houston is 6 pm Troy vs. Sam Houston State (Saturday, Sept. 5) – Kickoff in the Wiregrass – America 250 Celebration Day Sound of the South Alumni Band Day  Celebrating the return of College Football in the Wiregrass and the start of the...

  • Fourteenth Colony-The Forgotten Story of the Gulf South During America’s Revolutionary Era

    Vaughn-Smitherman Museum 109 Union St, Selma, United States

    Thursday, September 10, 2026, at 5:30 pm at the Vaughn-Smitherman Museum. Reception and presentation: Fourteenth Colony-The Forgotten Story of the Gulf South During America's Revolutionary Era by Mike Bunn. Sponsored by the Selma-Dallas Co Historical Society, Vaughn-Smitherman Museum, and the William Rufus King chapter of the DAR.

  • Son of a Sailor Fest

    Downtown Mobile

    September TBD, 2026; please check the website or Facebook Page for the correct date Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/people/Son-Of-A-Sailor-Fest/61562373562481/ Featured Event Photo Credit: Visit Mobile

  • 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.

    Free

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