I’m a huge fan of the fair. When I was young, my parents took my sister and me to the Queen City Fair (Meridian, Miss.) every year. I’m well familiar with the Scrambler, which weaves you in and out of other screaming riders at high speeds; the so-called “carnies” and the various foods on a [...]
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Imagine driving 20 minutes outside of Birmingham into the quiet rural hills and discovering St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church with a traditional onion-shaped steeple. How did Slovak immigrants settle in Brookside?
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As the story goes…an elderly, die-hard golfer from Fosters passes away from this old world and finds himself at the pearly gates. St. Peter unfolds the Book of Life and tells the old golfer that he has lived an exemplary life and can enter. Of course, the first question the man asks St. Peter is, [...]
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I grew up learning English and French simultaneously, and I honestly don’t remember which language I spoke first. The advantages to knowing another language has been great for me, culturally and career-wise. Learning another language can be a tedious task. I was fortunate enough to have been raised in France and fully immersed in its [...]
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The Smithsonian exhibition “New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music” opened on August 29 in Fort Payne with over 100 people, including family members of Adas Johnson, whose 1925 fiddle is on display, and famous musicians James Bryan and Joe Underwood, featured in the local exhibition.
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Indeed, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is an institution. And, rightfully so, the NAACP has been at the forefront for the past century and will continue into the next by meeting its mission to “Ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial [...]
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AHF Board member Jim Noles has written an article entitled “A fitting tribute: ‘They call this place America’” for the Chicago Tribune. Be sure to read it here. To read more about Jim, visit the AHF website for his bio.
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Fresh out of the wild blue yonder, the WWII combat pilot touched down in the small East Alabama town to continue serving his country, now as a high-school physics teacher. However, his vision of guiding young minds toward careers in science and technology began to lose its luster before year’s end. Mr. P, as he [...]
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When I tell people that I’m from Jasper, Alabama, I tend to get looks of surprise. I don’t have an accent, I don’t know anything about college football, and I don’t even like sweet tea. More than once, when I’ve shortened my answer to just “Jasper,” I’ve gotten a quizzical look. “Jasper, Wyoming, you mean?”
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