She has the plot and the main players in mind and now she needs a special name for a character unlike any other. She invents a surname and with the aid of her attorney sister, searches local courthouse records to be sure the choice will not offend area residents. Satisfied her selection is unique, she [...]
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A new book, From Power to Service: The Story of Lawyers in Alabama, tracing the history of the legal profession in the Yellowhammer state, has been published by the Alabama State Bar. The $40 commemorative book chronicles the story of lawyers in the state’s developing history.
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Alabamians have been fixtures for decades on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Celebrated senators and congressmen—Carl Elliott, Bob Jones, Lister Hill, John Sparkman, Howell Heflin and others—have helped shape national policy and profoundly influenced American history in the 20th century. In a recent visit to Washington, however, I discovered two new additions to Capitol Hill, [...]
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AREA VETERAN PLAYS MAJOR ROLE IN WAR BOOK by David Lazenby Reprinted with permission from the Daily Mountain Eagle, Jasper, Ala. A writer from Mountain Brook whose latest book has a central character who hails from west Walker County captivated his audience at Bevill Hill Auditorium Tuesday with the real-life war story of Bill Tune [...]
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After reading the article about industrial baseball leagues in Alabama and Vulcan Park and Museum’s “From Factory to Field” exhibition in the Winter/Spring 2010 issue of Mosaic, Doug Purcell, executive director of the Historic Chattahoochee Commission, sent us this photo and message:
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