Posted on June 3rd, 2010 by rstewartahf
In a previous blog post, I described a visit to two sites in Washington, the new U.S. Capitol Visitors Center and the Folger Shakespeare Library, where Alabamians have become somewhat notable fixtures. In the case of the visitors center, it is the statue of Helen Keller as a child. At the Folger, it is a [...]
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Posted on May 14th, 2010 by kcrawfordahf
Wesley Higgins, an artist involved in AHF’s 50th-anniversary celebration of To Kill a Mockingbird, decided to do some major research on the history and architecture of his subject, the Monroe County Courthouse in Monroe County, Alabama. Higgins created a LEGO® sculpture replica of the Old Courthouse, which can be viewed here, and he even [...]
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