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On This Day In Alabama History: Birmingham’s Redmont Hotel Opened
: May 9, 1925 Continue reading →
On This Day In Alabama History: Industrialist James Sloss Died
May 4, 1890: James Sloss played a pivotal role in the growth of Reconstruction-era Birmingham Continue reading →
On This Day In Alabama History: Greater Shiloh Baptist Was Established
May 3, 1891: Then known simply as Shiloh Baptist Church, the congregation was founded on May 3, 1891 Continue reading →
On This Day In Alabama History: The Children’s Crusade Began
May 2, 2018 : In April 1963, the fight for civil rights in Birmingham was beginning to hit a wall Continue reading →
On This Day In Alabama History: Ground Broken For Coosa’s First Dam
April 26, 1958: Sixty years ago today, Gov Continue reading →
On This Day In Alabama History: Cunningham Became Acting Governor
April 25, 1904: You could say that Dr Continue reading →
Alabama Figure Skater-turned-coach Back Home After Olympic, World Championships Run
John Zimmerman IV says he wears his emotions on his sleeve. They were never more apparent than they were recently as he spoke at the Homewood Grown fundraiser for Homewood schools. Continue reading →
On This Day In Alabama History: Naval Blockade Imposed On Confederate States
April 19, 1861: A week after Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter, President Abraham Lincoln ordered a naval blockade of Southern ports to prevent the export of cotton and the smuggling of arms and supplies to rebel fighters Continue reading →
On This Day In Alabama History: Bay Of Pigs Invasion Began
April 17, 1961: At dawn, some 1,200 Cuban exiles, using U.S.-supplied weapons and landing craft, stormed ashore at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba in a doomed attempt to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro Continue reading →
Alabama’s Residential New Construction Market Continues To Expand
Sales of newly constructed homes in Alabama continued to grow in February. New construction sales increased 22 percent from January and increased 14 percent from February 2017. Statewide*, 507 newly constructed homes were sold in February, up from 416 total sales in January and up from 445 total sales in February 2017. Year-to-date, new construction sales are up 6 percent from 2017. Continue reading →
