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The W. C. Handy Music Festival is held annually in Florence, Alabama, sponsored by the Music Preservation Society, Inc., in honor of Florence native W. C. Handy, the "Father of the Blues." The non-profit Music Preservation Society was formed in 1982, with the mission to preserve, present, and promote the musical heritage of Northwest Alabama.
The Alabama Renaissance Faire was created in 1987 by a group of educators and city leaders meeting over the summer. [1] The proposed fairs' purpose was twofold: ..."1) to create a festival that would occur during the school year; and 2) to make sure that the event would include as many subjects within the area schools’ curricular offerings as ...
Florence: 20: Old Natchez Trace (310-2A) Old Natchez Trace (310-2A) November 7, 1976 : 15 miles northwest of Florence on State Route 20: Florence: 1,250-foot segment of the Natchez Trace, both paved and unpaved. [5] 21
The Florence Downtown Historic District is a historic district in Florence, Alabama.Florence was founded in 1818 by the Cypress Land Company, who counted among its trustees Creek War General John Coffee, future Governor of Alabama Thomas Bibb, early Huntsville settler LeRoy Pope, and future United States Senator and Supreme Court Justice John McKinley.
Participants must have been born in Florence or residents of the city for at least 10 years. Where to stay For a hotel bursting with Florentine elegance, opt for the Palazzo Niccolini al Duomo.
The Locust Street Historic District is a historic district in Florence, Alabama. Situated to the northwest of downtown, the residential neighborhood began to develop during Florence's manufacturing-fueled economic boom of the late 1880s.
FLORENCE, S.C. (WBTW) — The Florence Police Department conducted a Heroes’ Day ceremony Thursday morning on the anniversary of one of the darkest days in the county’s law-enforcement history ...
The NHLs in Alabama comprise 3% of the approximately 1178 properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama. Four historic sites in the state are managed by the National Park Service. One of these, the Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site, is also designated an NHL.