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2018

January 11, 2018 - Exploration of historical spots and more . . .
January 12, 2018 - 10 Essential Civil Rights Movement Historic Sites to Visit
January 14, 2018 - Civil Rights trail officially announced on MLK Day
January 16, 2018 - 35 abandoned places in the US and the history behind them
January 23, 2018 - Alabama Legacy Moment: Gaineswood
January 23, 2018 - Wreck found by reporter may be last American slave ship
January 24, 2018 - Alabama reporter discovers possible wreckage of the Clotilda
January 24, 2018 - Search Continues for Last American Slave Ship
January 24, 2018 - Shipwreck discovered in Alabama may be remains of . . .
January 25, 2018 - Reporter May Have Discovered Clotilda, The Last American . . .
January 26, 2018 - Who owns the wreck of the Clotilda, Alabama's last slave ship?
January 30, 2018 - AL Tourism names state's most popular attractions for 2017
February 1, 2018 - Old Cahawba to host cemetery tour Saturday
February 2, 2018 - Ala His Com to examine whether vessel is the Clotilda
February 5, 2018 - Slave ship Clotilda: State agency planning wreck investigation
February 7, 2018 - Black History Month: 5 Destinations For . . .
February 14, 2018 - Montgomery, Alabama: Explore its Civil Rights legacy . . .
February 17, 2018 - 5 Important Experiences on the U.S. Civil Rights trail in Montg.
February 19, 2018 - Workshop to address cemetery preservation
February 21, 2018 - 29 Alabama sites part of new U.S. Civil Rights Trail
February 24, 2018 - Work to begin March 1 on shipwreck discovery in Mobile area
February 25, 2018 - Cemeteries a valuable source for history
February 26, 2018 - TROY Senior Vice Chancellor Givhan named AHC Chairman
February 28, 2018 - Tuskegee Airmen hangar receives historical marking in Troy
March 1, 2018 - "Conclusive information" likely from research on possible Clotilda
March 2, 2018 - Slave ship Clotilda: Preservationists arrive at possible wreck site
March 2, 2018 - Africatown leaders announce Clotilda investigation
March 2, 2018 - Experts assessing remains of possible slave vessel
March 5, 2018 - AHC Concludes the Shipwreck found in the Delta not the Clotilda
March 5, 2018 - Alabama Wreck Isn't The Remains Of The Slave Ship Clotilda
March 6, 2018 - Experts thought this wreck could be the last American slave ship
March 7, 2018 - Ala. partners with other Southern states to form Civil Rights Trail
March 10, 2018 - AHC allocates $1 million in tax credits to St. James Hotel
March 12, 2018 - 2018 Ala Hist Tax Credit list proves strong demand for investment
March 13, 2018 - Interior and NPS Announces $12.6 Million in Grants to Preserve . . .
March 14, 2018 - . . . receiving Alabama historic tax credits
March 15, 2018 - Pond Spring annual plant sale
March 16, 2018 - AHC to receive African-American Civil Rights Grants
March 16, 2018 - Church attended by civil rights heroine Johnnie Carr gets . . .
March 19, 2018 - Volunteers needed for cleanup of Civil War sites
March 21, 2018 - Historic Brannon Springs Church heavily damaged by tornado
March 23, 2018 - Best places to travel in April
March 23, 2018 - Group holds brainstorming workshop on Elba Theatre restoration
March 24, 2018 - 19 inspiring things to do in Montgomery AL with kids
March 27, 2018 - Miss Annie's Heirlooms
March 28, 2018 - Old Cahawba to host Civil War Walking Tour
March 28, 2018 - Descended From Royalty: Honoring Those On The Clotilda
April 1, 2018 - City learns about historic registry
April 3, 2018 - North Carolina students to visit ALJ High for Civil Rights discussion
April 3, 2018 - Beautification Day at Belle Mont
April 3, 2018 - Scenes from Demopolis: Home of Gaineswood, Vine & Olive Colony
April 5, 2018 - On this day in Ala. history: Magnolia Grove ownership transferred
April 6, 2018 - Eufaula welcomes Pilgrimage guests this weekend
April 15, 2018 - Seminar planned on historical rehabilitation tax credit
April 16, 2018 - Daughters of American Revolution celebrate 200 years at Cahawba
April 19, 2018 - Alabama: Visits can range from musical fun to civil rights history
April 19, 2018 - Sultana descendants returning to Old Cahawba
April 21, 2018 - French and Indian War Encampment Takes Visitors . . .
April 23, 2018 - C-SPAN receives warm welcome in Selma
April 23, 2018 - C-SPAN Cities Tour: Old Cahawba
April 24, 2018 - Sultana descendants meeting in Selma, where many passengers . . .
April 24, 2018 - Freedom Rider highlights — and inspires — local school . . .
April 26, 2018 - C-SPAN to feature Selma in 2018 Cities Tour
April 27, 2018 - Students experience Civil War era during living history event
April 28, 2018 - Cahawba Sultana descendants remember Union soldiers
April 30, 2018 - The Powerful New Lynching Memorial

May 3, 2018 - Old Cahawba to host bird walk
May 4, 2018 - Alpine Baptist Church recognized by state historical commission
May 6, 2018 - Columnist finds refreshment, release in Coastal Alabama
May 7, 2018 - The Most Iconic Building in Every State in America
May 8, 2018 - Belle Mont offers look at unique historical architecture
May 10, 2018 - This Small Alabama Town Is One Of The Creepiest Ghost Towns
May 15, 2018 - Freedom Riders book author
May 16, 2018 - Lynching memorial may be game-changer for Montgomery tourism
May 17, 2018 - Event will recognize Fort McCellan WWI training
May 17, 2018 - Selma featured in weekend C-SPAN show
May 18, 2018 - Officials honor Alabama civil rights leader who overturned . . .
May 21, 2018 - Tips for taking children to the new Legacy Museum and . . .
May 23, 2018 - Get your summer STAYCATION started
May 24, 2018 - Vivian B. Adams students honored at State Capitol
May 27, 2018 - Celebrating the architectural history of Alabama
May 29, 2018 - BYO Bike to Old Cahawba
May 30, 2018 - Wetumpka is a place of learning, history
May 31, 2018 - AHC announces Mobile River shipwreck project
June 4, 2018 - Belle Mont to host Winston family reunion activities
June 6, 2018 - 1800s shipwreck found as state announces Clotilda search
June 6, 2018 - State historical commission announces grant program
June 12, 2018 - Historical preservation tax credit seminar
June 12, 2018 - Ft. Morgan's "No Name Rd." to be repaved and renamed
June 14, 2018 - Antique china show at Belle Mont Mansion
June 16, 2018 - Tax credits encourage historic building rehabilitation
June 19, 2018 - Art of the Dish event
June 19, 2018 - Bicentennial workshop to be held June 25
June 20, 2018 - State Historical Commission to allow Sheffield to clean dump site
June 25, 2018 - $750K to be granted to historical sites
June 25, 2018 - Alabama Historical Commission opens grant applications
June 26, 2018 - Historical Commission awarding $750,000 in grants
June 28, 2018 - Tax credit eyed as way to save downtown buildings
July 3, 2018 - Old Cahawba receives new Regions Bank Bicycles
July 3, 2018 - Nominate historic sites to 2018 Places in Peril list
July 3, 2018 - Historic commission grants available
July 5, 2018 - Alabama Historical Commission names 2018 'Places in Peril'
July 5, 2018 - These Alabama historical sites are threatened or endangered
July 7, 2018 - Old Hale County Jail on 2018 ‘Places in Peril’ list
July 13, 2018 - Re-enactors coming to Confederate Park
July 16, 2018 - Historical Commission concludes week-long survey of Mobile River
July 17, 2018 - Clotilda search funded by Nat Geo finds several new wrecks
July 17, 2018 - Citizens Face Down Developer & City
July 26, 2018 - Freedom Riders Style Bus Coming to Montgomery
July 31, 2018 - Resident feedback wanted for Academy Street High School redesign
August 1, 2018 - Russellville undergoes historic register review
August 2, 2018 - True crime tour set for this weekend
August 14, 2018 - Pell City applies for grant to improve former Avondale Mills
August 16, 2018 - Nonprofit seeks to restore and preserve history
August 16, 2018 - Animal friendly wagon tour at Old Cahawba set for Sept 1
August 16, 2018 - Alabama's Moving Capital: Cahawba
August 24, 2018 - Public workshop to focus on historic campus preservation
August 24, 2018 - Canines, Camels, Cats & Critters Wagon Tour of Old Cahawba
August 29, 2018 - National monument grows to building next door
August 29, 2018 - Dothan buildings added to National Register
August 30, 2018 - Celebrating General Joe Wheeler’s 182nd birthday
September 1, 2018 - Old Cahawba to host Haunted History Tours
September 4, 2018 - Pond Spring Party
September 6, 2018 - A birthday celebration at Pond Spring
September 13, 2018 - General Wheeler’s Birthday Celebration
September 20, 2018 - Breland appointed to state historical panel
September 21, 2018 - Alabama's Ghost Capital
September 25, 2018 - A busy Saturday
September 26, 2018 - Take a Civil Rights Tour of Montgomery, AL
October 2, 2018 - A Mansion Filled with Quilts
October 5, 2018 - Selma and bridge nominated for National Historic Register
October 7, 2018 - The Quilts of Belle Mont tell stories through the century
October 14, 2018 - Old Cahawba an 'authentic place with unique stories'
October 18, 2018 - Gov Ivey Awards $2.7 Million to Enhance Rec Trails Program
October 23, 2018 - AHC awarded grant for trail at Old Cahawba
October 23, 2018 - AHC overjoyed landing ADECA Grant
October 26, 2018 - Old Cahawba lands $400K grant
October 26, 2018 - 7 Remarkable Plantation Day Trips in Ala
November 1, 2018 - Frontier Days returning to Fort Toulouse
November 1, 2018 - Enhancing Old Cahawba
November 1, 2018 - Haunted Alabama
November 2, 2018 - Museum to host Freedom Rider
November 8, 2018 - Lock 31 added to state historic registry
November 14, 2018 - History comes to life at Alabama Frontier Days
November 16, 2018 - Cahaba Foundation obtains more land for AHC
November 16, 2018 - Cahaba Foundation deeds more land to AHC
November 19, 2018 - Historic home added to state registry
November 27, 2018 - Civil War blockade runner uncovered in Fort Morgan surf
November 27, 2018 - The Plantation Comes Alive
November 29, 2018 - Celebrate Christmas at Pond Spring
November 29, 2018 - Celebrate the state's birthday
November 30, 2018 - A Plantation Christmas offers glimpse of holidays past
December 3, 2018 - Large crowd visits Belle Mont open house