I served on the faculty of the College of William and Mary for a day by Shannon Hollon A few years ago back during the “war” a group of us Alabama boys of Navy Cargo Handling Battalion Twelve(12) Maintenance Company was sent to Williamsburg Va. for bivouac and training. Our job as the advance party […]
THE HISTORY OF MARION SKETCHES OF LIFE in Perry County, Alabama By S. A. Townes “Vive La Bagatelle.” MARION, ALABAMA Printed by Dennis Dykom 1844 Preface and Chapter IX Rapid changes in circumstances of life with settlers in Marion and vicinity—Persons grown rich, not ashamed of their former poverty—Gen. E. D. King—His character as a […]
HOME AND COUNTY NOTES (Transcribed extracts from The American Banner (Bay Minette, Alabama, September 16, 1899) Mr. Editor – Here is $1.50 for the BANNER. Mose Franklin The Rev. H. Monday, of Stockton, requests us to say that there will be a grand rally at his church on the first Sunday in October. All are […]
By Jean Butterworth Attending a small Baptist church in the country when I was young was a very different experience than attending church today. My church barely had 100 in attendance on a Sunday morning. Preaching was held once a month on the first Sunday of the month. The preacher had other churches he preached […]
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