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Sister Peter Claver and the Catholic Evangelical Movement in Alabama

Sister Peter Claver (shown in the front row of this 1905 photo) was born Hannah Elizabeth Fahy to a large, actively Catholic family in Georgia. (Photo courtesy of the Manuscript Division, Library of...

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Historic Alabama Watermills

As Alabama celebrates two hundred years of statehood, we pause and reflect on the history, people, and culture that make this state such a wonderful place to live. While most of the attention during...

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The 'Mockingbird' Courthouse

(Photo by Robin McDonald) Arguably no Alabama courthouse is better known nor more frequently visited-especially by those not on legal business-than the Monroe County Courthouse, built in 1903. The...

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Preserving Alabama's Cemeteries

I am frequently asked how I became interested in cemeteries. It is a story that began for me as a young child. Every year on the first Sunday in May, I traveled with my family to Bethabara Cemetery in...

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Gulf Coast Lighthouses

Operated exclusively with donated materials and volunteer workers, the Mobile Middle Bay Lighthouse Centennial Commission, chaired Capt. Hal Pierce, keeps the lighthouse painted and repaired. "Each of...

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