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February is Gullah Culture Month. If you aren’t familiar with the Gullahs ( or Geechees, depending on the region), they first came to America from Africa as slaves. Today, many of the descendants still live in the same areas as their ancestors- along the coastal areas of South Carolina to northern Florida, known as the […]
Okay, so you know about the little (ahem) celebration that New Orleans puts on for Mardi Gras, but did you know that almost everywhere along the Gulf Coast offers some sort of Mardi Gras festivity? You never know, there might be one close to you.
Alabama
What came first - New Orleans’ Mardi Gras or Mobile’s? This […]
And just when you are getting over the holidays, it’s time to get ready for another celebration. This one involves King Cakes, masks, beads (a lot of them), balls and parades. Yep, it’s Mardi Gras time in the South. The beginning of this celebration starts on January 6, or Twelfth Night (12 days after Christmas).
Everyone […]
“Elizabeth Brown Pryor’s newest biographical effort - “Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Private Letters” - promises a fresh new look at this Confederate icon. It is based, she said, on a “treasure trove of unpublished or unused documents in scores of archives and attics and trunks.”
I don’t know if […]
This is what Attalla City Judge Kenneth Robertson Jr. in Alabama decided was fitting… either wear the sandwich board on two Saturdays or face the consequences… which just happened to be jail time. Most of the customers leaving Wal-Mart thought that the punishment was a good one and that it would definitely make them think […]
“Slavery apologies being adopted in Southern states are more than a little insulting to state Senator Robert Brown, the highest-ranking black in the Legislature.
Brown says it is demeaning to think an apology would be an appropriate response to what he calls “the most heinous crime” in history.”
So, what do you think of the apologies that […]
Union Soldier Paperweight
American Civil War Confederate Mural
CIVIL WAR CHESS SET
I met a man years ago who had a fascination for all things Civil War and decorated his office to prove it. It was quite an impressive room. I picked out these items with him in mind.
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Today we spend the day strolling the halls of the LSU Museum of art. Over 4000 items can be found illustrating both British and American culture, with a strong influence of Louisiana throughout. Everything from paintings, furnature, pottery, metal work and more.
The Anglo-American Art Museum opened in 1962 in the Memorial Tower on LSU’s Baton […]
Step back in time to when horses were cars, and doing a load of laundry took all day down by the river. Enchanted Springs Ranch is a up close and personal look at life in the 1800’s, when wearing animals and cowboy hats were the latest runway fashion.
Welcome to Enchanted Springs Ranch. This 86 […]
I’ve been to some interesting places in my life, and the Buckhorn Saloon and Museum is diffently one you don’t forget. The place is jammed packed full of things that will make you laugh, cry, but mostly stratch your head.
At the Buckhorn, we believe in “edutainment”…the whole family can learn while you’re having fun. Get […]
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