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...
View ArticleHistoric 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...
View ArticleThe '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...
View ArticlePreserving 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...
View ArticleGulf 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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