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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.
McFarland Heights, a neighborhood in Florence in Lauderdale County, Alabama, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017 as a historic district. [ 1 ] According to the Alabama Historical Commission : "McFarland Heights Historic District in Florence, Lauderdale County, is located on a bluff overlooking the Tennessee River .
Date listed [4] Location City or town Description 1: Peter F. Armistead Sr. House: July 9, 1986 : Waterloo Rd. Florence: 2: William Bowen Lustron House: William Bowen Lustron House: February 24, 2000 : 1145 Wildwood Park Rd.
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.
McFarland Park is also the location of the Florence Harbor and Marina. [41] While serving as host to several events throughout the year, the park is also equipped with a playground, numerous picnic shelters, campgrounds, soccer fields, baseball fields, a disc golf course, a golf driving range, and lighted walking trails.
It’s official: Fyre Festival, the disastrous 2017 music festival organized by convicted fraudster Billy McFarland, is returning for round two — and it has a date and location. “Fyre Festival ...
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 ...
The Wilson Park Houses are a group of three historic homes in Florence, Alabama. Built as upper-class residences between 1890 and 1918, the houses are adjacent to Wilson Park, laid out as a public space upon the city's founding and later renamed for President Woodrow Wilson. Two of the houses came to be owned by Hiram Kennedy Douglass, who upon ...