being in the old State Capitol of Alabama.” The fire began in the afternoon on Aug. 22, 1923, destroying the capitol and the ...

Unlike many of the other cities Lafayette would have visited during his tour of America, Cahawba was still primarily rugged frontier land, only being settled as the state capitol around 6 years before ...

The state bought the land from local farmers, drew up an impressive grid of streets, and started selling lots. By 1820, Cahawba was Alabama’s first permanent capital city, with lawmakers meeting in a ...

The Confederate Monument on the grounds of the Alabama State Capitol Building in Montgomery, Ala., on Confederate Memorial Day Monday April 27, 2020. The tradition to celebrate the holiday ...

(WSFA) - 200 years ago on April 5, 1825, American Revolutionary War hero Marquis de Lafayette visited Alabama’s state ... history buffs gathering at the old capitol turned ghost town and ...