Thank you to the media for the great coverage of the event (see "In the News" section for article links)! 

Special thank you to the volunteers, staff, Friends, and re-enactors who made this year's Frontier Days at Fort Toulouse a success. And a big thank you to all of our visitors!

Stacye Hathorn, State Archaeologist, and Commissioner Craig Sheldon worked in the archaeology tent at Fort Toulouse.

Join us for the Goat Hill Museum Store's Holiday Open House! Located inside the historic  Alabama State Capitol  at the Union Street entrance.

Ed Bridges will hold a special book signing for Alabama: The Making of an American State on November 17 from 9:00-11:00am. 

Mulled cider and refreshments will be available to shoppers while they browse the store's large selection of unique holiday gifts. The Goat Hill Museum Store is the best place to find Alabama-made gifts, specialty food, souvenirs, holiday ornaments, and more! 

The open house will feature artisans and book signings with Alabama authors (see full schedule below). 

*November 16th
9:00am - 11:00am
Peggy Walls, "Alabama Gold"
"Karen K & S Monogramming"

11:00am - 1:00pm
Margaret Lowder, "Amos the Dog"
"Hardin's Seasoning"

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Kendell Weaver, "Ten Stars: The African American Journey of Marine General Cary Cooper"

*November 17th
9:00am - 11:00am
Larry Lee, "In the Land of Cotton"
Janet Frazier's "Blue Light Design"
"Lightning Hill Candles"
Ed Bridges, "Alabama: The Making of an American State"
"Karen K & S Monogramming"

11:00am - 1:00pm
Frye Gaillard, "Go South to Freedom"
Janet Frazier's "Blue Light Design"

1:00pm - 3:00pm
TBA

*November 18th
9:00am - 11:00am
Wade H. Hall with Nancy DuPree and Christopher Sawula, "Greetings from Alabama"
"Karen K & S Monogramming"

11:00am - 1:00pm
Chere Gillham's "Gemini Treats"
Janet Frazier's "Blue Light Design"

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Mark Fagan, "RTJ, Golf Trail Its History"
"Aqualime"

For more information please call (334)353-4969.

The store is owned by the Alabama Historical Commission and all profits help continue efforts to preserve Alabama's historic places.

In November the Alabama Historical Commission honored Dr. Mildred Caudle, longtime member of the Friends of the General Joe Wheeler Foundation, for her service and dedication to the site of Pond Spring.

On October 21, 2016 the Galilee Baptist Church in Gadsden was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks & Heritage. 

One of the oldest African American churches in Gadsden, Galilee Baptist Church was formed in 1918 under the leadership of Reverend Yank Townsend. 

Reverend Jarrett, who pastored the church for twenty-five years, was instrumental in organizing part of the Gadsden community during the Civil Rights Movement. As part of his civil rights services, Jarrett helped arrange mass meetings and organize freedom marches while using the Galilee Baptist Church as his headquarters. 

The next Alabama Register meeting is scheduled for December 1, 2016 at 10:00am in the RSH House conference room. For more information please call Hannah Garmon at 334-230-2644.

AHC Staff Dorothy Walker, Clara Nobles and Lee Anne Wofford along with Black Heritage Council Vice Chair Elvin Lang (not pictured) made a visit to Camden, Wilcox County to meet with Mr. Clifford Martin. Mr. Martin has surveyed a large part of the historic African American community in Camden for possible inclusion in the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage. Mr. Martin gave the group a tour of some of the historic sites in Camden. In addition to the residential area, the tour included some buildings in downtown including the historic courthouse, several civil rights related churches, the site of the former black school Camden Academy and the remains of an antebellum brick wall believed to have once held slaves. 

In October the AHC site, Pond Spring, the General Joe Wheeler Home, welcomed members of the Alabama Historical Association during their Fall Pilgrimage in Decatur. 

Does your community have a WWI monument, memorial or historic site? As the nation prepares to commemorate the centennial of the Great War, Alabama's WWI Centennial Committee has launched a new effort to document our state's WWI monuments and memorials. For more information and to learn how you get involved, visit worldwar1centennial.org/alabama or call 334-353-4689. 

 

AHC staff participated at the annual Moundville Native American Festival