Montgomery
Alabama
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We went to visit my daughter and her friend in Montgomery. I think this was my
first time in Alabama. This is the Carolyn Blount Theatre home of the Alabama
Shakespeare Festival where they took us to see a Mid Summer Nights Dream. The facility
is in a beautiful 250 acre park.
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We ate lunch one day at a little park along the Coosa River. They happened to
be having drag boat races on the river that day.
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This is the Alabama State Capitol. The first thing to notice is the absence
of people and cars. This was a Sunday and everything in this area is shut
down. Coming from California this was a shock. No cars? The Capital
building is one of the few in the US that is designated a National
Historic Landmark. This building is where Jefferson Davis took the oath of
office for President of the Confederate States of America.
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This is a view from another side of the Capitol. This is also where the
Selma to Montgomery civil rights march ended with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
delivering a speech from the bottom of the steps on the preceding picture.
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The trip was very nice and we enjoyed some good Southern BBQ that we can't
seem to find in California. There is a lot of history in Montgomery. To get
around the town they had a bus that went to all the tourist stops, you could
get on and off as much as you wanted for only a buck. What a deal. This
picture is on a Monday. See, they do have cars. What a pleasure to drive and
visit without the throngs of cars and people.
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