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The site operated as the Old Soldiers Home for Confederate Veterans from 1902 to 1939. In 1964, the Alabama State Legislature established the memorial park, which now hosts a museum and archives [89] Miami: Robert E. Lee Park; Mountain Creek: Confederate Memorial Park [90] and Alabama Confederate Soldiers Home
Roughly bounded by Oak St., Jefferson Ave., lots on the southern side of Glenwood Terrace, the northern side of Orchard St., and Highland Ave. 33°39′16″N 85°49′01″W / 33.654444°N 85.816944°W / 33.654444; -85.816944 ( Glenwood Terrace Residential Historic
Confederate Memorial Park is an Alabama State Park located in Mountain Creek, in rural Chilton County, Alabama, United States. The park's centerpiece is Alabama's only state home for Confederate soldiers. The home "operated from 1902–1939 as a haven for disabled or indigent veterans of the Confederate army, their wives, and widows."
Trussville remained an agricultural community until after the Civil War, when the Alabama-Chattanooga Railway was built through the city. By 1886 a blast furnace was built on what is now the site of the new Cahaba Elementary School. Trussville was listed as an incorporated community on the 1890 [6] and 1900 [7] U.S. Census rolls. At some point ...
The Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage is an official listing of buildings, sites, structures, objects, and districts deemed worthy of preservation in the U.S. state of Alabama. [ 2 ] These properties, which may be of national, state, and local significance, are designated by the Alabama Historical Commission , under the authority of ...
Hillside Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Anniston, Alabama, United States. It was established in 1876, and laid out by Nathan Franklin Barrett. [2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since October 3, 1985. [1]
The Jefferson Historic District is a historic district in the small community of Jefferson, Alabama, United States.The community was founded in 1810. [2] The district consists of thirteen Greek Revival buildings that were selected for inclusion due to their significance as examples of the pre-Civil War plantation economy of the Deep South. [2]
The Anniston Star is the daily newspaper serving Anniston, Alabama, and the surrounding six-county region. Average Sunday circulation in September 2004 was 26,747. However, by 2020 it was approximately half of this. [1] The newspaper is locally owned by Consolidated Publishing Company, which is controlled by the Ayers family of Anniston.