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2017

January 1, 2017 - Best of Alabama, 2017
January 3, 2017 - Old Cahawba earns state distinction
January 5, 2017 - Grants for Underrepresented Communities through HP Fund
January 12, 2017 - See where veterans lived at Confederate Memorial Park
January 13, 2017 - Guild brews beer for Old Cahawba
January 13, 2017 - Exhibit highlights students' artistic talents
January 18, 2017 - Anniston building with civil rights link gets federal tax break
January 18, 2017 - Chelsea mayor announces plan to preserve Weldon Building
January 19, 2017 - Groups work to beautify city cemeteries
January 22, 2017 - Elba buildings added to the Alabama Register
January 26, 2017 - Beer tasting Thursday in honor of Cahawba
January 27, 2017 - Ala. Historic Commission gets funds to complete HBCU survey
January 31, 2017 - Hanceville looks to future
January 31, 2017 - 9 Most Terrifying Places In Alabama
January 31, 2017 - Old Cahawba offers cemetery tour
January 31, 2017 - Alabama's historic renovation tax credit gets favorable grade
February 1, 2017 - Historic tax credit legislation to resurface
February 2, 2017 - Spring is the season for events
February 2, 2017 - Ala. black history landmarks are nationally registered
February 3, 2017 - Historic commission receives funds to complete HBCU surveys
February 5, 2017 - Simply Southern TV features Fort Morgan
February 14, 2017 - Establishing a state capital
February 14, 2017 - Cahaba foundation enters second phase
February 15, 2017 - The forgotten capital
February 16, 2017 - Nothing here to see?
February 21, 2017 - Historic 1st: Portrait of African-American unveiled at Capitol
February 21, 2017 - Portrait unveiled at AL Capitol honoring Horace King
February 26, 2017 - Ala craft breweries create history-inspired beers
March 1, 2017 - New historic renovation tax credit legislation introduced
March 2, 2017 - Wagon tour offered at Old Cahawba
March 3, 2017 - 5 things to know about the bill to revive historic tax credit
March 7, 2017 - Battle of Selma memorial service will go on
March 11, 2017 - Belle Mont gaining attention
March 11, 2017 - Nonprofit hopes to restore home
March 15, 2017 - Gaineswood sets date for community work day
March 15, 2017 - Selma to mark city's and state's bicentennial
March 19, 2017 - Miss Annie's Flowers: Annual fundraising sale
March 21, 2017 - Old Cahawba offers Civil War Walking Tour
March 22, 2017 - Tour offers chance to learn Civil War history
March 23, 2017 - Sale features flowers from Wheeler home
March 28, 2017 - Bicentennial kicked off at first capital
March 29, 2017 - Education Days at Horseshoe Bend
March 29, 2017 - Bird Banding project back at Fort Morgan
March 31, 2017 - Changes to Historic Tax Credits
April 1, 2017 - Tour examines history of POW camp Castle Morgan
April 4, 2017 - Skills from the Past
April 4, 2017 - Alabama Legacy Moment: Old Cahawba
April 8, 2017 - Belle Mont hosts Heritage Days
April 11, 2017 - The legend of haint blue
April 12, 2017 - Alabama Memorial Preservation Act closer to becoming law
April 17, 2017 - Experience history at Confederate Memorial Park event
April 17, 2017 - History in Alabama: Museums tell stories of the past
April 19, 2017 - Cahawba to remember Civil War soldiers
April 21, 2017 - French & Indian Encampment set this weekend
April 22, 2017 - Union Soldiers honored at Cahawba
April 23, 2017 - Grant-writing phase begins for project
April 25, 2017 - Noted Artists Set a Day in May
April 27, 2017 - Ceremony to unveil Wheeler historical markers Saturday
April 27, 2017 - Wheeler Home signs a long time coming
April 28, 2017 - Fort Morgan Bird Banding Project Revived
April 28, 2017 - Refurbished Wheeler plantation expected to draw tourists
April 28, 2017 - Sounds and sights of Civil War relived during history events
April 28, 2017 - On this day in Alabama history: Confederate Memorial Park opened
May 4, 2017 - Photography exhibit coming to Gaineswood
May 4, 2017 - ROLLSing into Town: Rolls Royce Owners' Club visits Demopolis
May 5, 2017 - Emancipation Proclamation/March on Washington Exhibit
May 9, 2017 - Training School placed on 2017 Places in Peril list

May 15, 2017 - Tuscumbia reactivates historical commission
May 17, 2017 - 5 warehouses to be demolished
May 17, 2017 - Gaineswood to host event for ‘Eleventh House’
May 20, 2017 - Freedom Riders visit Montgomery for event's 56th anniversary
May 21, 2017 - Hanceville earns designation as Alabama Community of Excellence
May 23, 2017 - Dauphin Island’s East End Beach Recognized With Award
May 23, 2017 - Heritage Foundation honors Athens preservation pioneer
May 24, 2017 - ‘The Eleventh House’ celebrated at Gaineswood
May 24, 2017 - Ft. Morgan evening tours every Tuesday in June
May 28, 2017 - Alabama history fading away at these five vital sites
May 31, 2017 - Lebanon cemetery on historic register
June 5, 2017 - Unveiling history
June 6, 2017 - Overton Farm designated as Place in Peril
June 6, 2017 - Which Alabama building received largest tax credit
June 13, 2017 - Historical Commission to offer grants
June 14, 2017 - Friends of Gaineswood award essay winners
June 15, 2017 - Efforts being made to save Aberfoil school building
June 20, 2017 - Art of the Dish Returns to Belle Mont
June 22, 2017 - China display featured at Belle Mont
June 22, 2017 - Salute to American Independence July 1 at Ft. Morgan
June 29, 2017 - Celebrate Independence Day festivities at . . . Fort Morgan and more
July 1, 2017 - University of Alabama Museum Chronicle Summer 2017
July 3, 2017 - Senior Instills Passion for History, Discovery Through Expedition
July 3, 2017 - The University of Alabama- Archeological Expedition
July 5, 2017 - Alabama’s first constitutional convention convened in Huntsville
July 5, 2017 - Bicentennial Beer
July 6, 2017 - City of Foley presented ACE signage for gateways
July 7, 2017 - Baldwin County hosts bicentennial planning meeting
July 11, 2017 - Ross Cemetery now on historic register
July 13, 2017 - Sheffield Port Authority updated on Tuscumbia Landing project
July 16, 2017 - Who was Gen Joseph 'Fightin' Joe' Wheeler . . ?
July 19, 2017 - Struggle to Maintain Civil Rights Monuments
July 19, 2017 - Ala Historical Commission to host free training session
July 20, 2017 - Shoals-wide celebration honors Father of the Blues
July 20, 2017 - Tax Credit May Help Revitalize Downtown Anniston
July 21, 2017 - Anniston hosts meeting about state historic tax credit
July 24, 2017 - A look at the charming architecture of Ala's historic fire stations
July 24, 2017 - Hobson City mayor to seek grant for Town Hall repairs
July 25, 2017 - Happening This Week . . . Music at the Mansion
July 27, 2017 - On this day in Alabama history: Battle of Burnt Corn Creek
July 27, 2017 - Russell Library hosts ‘Genealogy Connects Us’ event
August 3, 2017 - Limestone commission considers applying for AHC Grant
August 3, 2017 - TIME Magazine Calls Andrew Jackson: ‘Brave and Heroic’
August 4, 2017 - Limestone officials plan to vote on grant for archives
August 7, 2017 - Thunderous echoes of the Battle of Mobile Bay
August 8, 2017 - Limestone commission votes to apply for AHC Grant
August 9, 2017 - Council talks Main Street Alabama
August 13, 2017 - Alabama Historical Commission holds meeting at Fendall Hall
August 17, 2017 - Looks like home to me
August 24, 2017 - Main Street seminar touts federal, state historic tax credits
August 31, 2017 - Old Cahawba goes to the dogs Saturday
August 31, 2017 - Birthday celebration to be held at Pond Spring
September 1, 2017 - Siege of Fort Morgan is forgotten turning point in Civil War
September 1, 2017 - Demopolis preparing for bicentennial celebration
September 5, 2017 - Hand Arendall to anchor $30 million Merchants Plaza in Mobile
September 6, 2017 - Historical commission invites public to annual event
September 8, 2017 - Opelika Hosts Alabama Hist Commission Training Seminar
September 8, 2017 - Alabama Historical Commission holds workshop in Opelika
September 10, 2017 - OTD in Ala history: ‘Fighting Joe’ Wheeler was born
September 20, 2017 - OTD in Alabama history: First Alabama general election began
September 20, 2017 - Creek complicates federal courthouse plans
September 21, 2017 - Carton event becomes Belle Mont fundraiser
September 21, 2017 - Survey work underway at warehouses
September 22, 2017 - State preservationists meeting here
September 24, 2017 - Public invited to share quilts for annual exhibit
September 26, 2017 - APA: Old Cahawba breaks ground on new entrance
September 26, 2017 - Old Cahawba breaks ground on new entrance
September 27, 2017 - Historic marker placed at Dothan's Dixie Standpipe
October 1, 2017 - Alabama’s first state capital remains as a ghost town
October 1, 2017 - Church unveils marker highlighting its role in civil rights history
October 1, 2017 - Officials optimistic about surveys
October 3, 2017 - Rikard Shares A Century of Quilts
October 20, 2017 - Dauphin Island, Fort Morgan deliver great birds
October 22, 2017 - Time in a bottle: Old Cahawba offers 'Haunted History Tours'
October 23, 2017 - Dr. Jim Day honored Hometown Hero
October 24, 2017 - State Historical Commission awards Hobson City $5K grant
October 25, 2017 - Somerville receives two grants
October 25, 2017 - Broad Street Lofts opens for business
October 26, 2017 - Frontier Days focuses on fort’s 300th year
October 31, 2017 - Alabama Ghost Trail III: Old Cahawba
November 2, 2017 - Simon part of Fort Toulouse reenactments
November 4, 2017 - Fort Toulouse Turns 300
November 8, 2017 - As Alabama Marks 200 Years, Some Parts Celebrating 300
November 16, 2017 - Antebellum Christmas Concert
November 16, 2017 - Three-phase plan to improve city
November 17, 2017 - Historic tax credits available for area businesses
November 28, 2017 - Tuscumbia set for Christmas season
November 28, 2017 - Belle Mont Tradition
December 1, 2017 - Part of Houston Memorial Library could open early next year
December 5, 2017 - At Pond Spring Invitation to Wheeler Christmas
December 6, 2017 - Celebrate Christmas at Wheeler on Sunday
December 14, 2017 - Brantwood Children's Home celebrates milestone