Alabama’s Places in Peril for 2023 Announced; 2024 Nominations Now Open
May 2, 2024 - Montgomery – The Alabama Historical Commission and the Alabama Trust for Historic Preservation are pleased to announce the 2023 Places in Peril, a program that highlights significant endangered properties. Since 1994, the Alabama Historical Commission and the Alabama Trust for Historic Preservation have joined forces to sponsor the program to call public attention to a select number of Alabama's threatened historic and archaeological sites to bring awareness to significant historic places that suffer from neglect, lack of financial support, or are threatened with demolition.
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2024 Education Trust Fund Grant Program Announced
Jan 11, 2024 - Montgomery – The Alabama Historical Commission, the State Historic Preservation Office, has opened its 2024 Grant Program with funds appropriated by the Alabama Legislature. Historic sites meeting the eligibility can submit applications January 16 through March 29, 2024.
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Confederate Memorial Park to host Winter Quarters
Jan 8, 2024 - Montgomery – Confederate Memorial Park, a historical property of the Alabama Historical Commission, will host a special living history event on Saturday, January 27, 2024 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Visitors will experience the 22nd Alabama Infantry at winter quarters in 1862. Activities will take place in and around the barracks, which were constructed using original Army plans from the 1860s.
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Statement Regarding Clotilda’s Mistaken Identity from Local News Story on November 1, 2023
Nov 6, 2023 - The recent news story regarding the Clotilda being seen above water is inaccurate and the wreck visible in the video footage is in fact another historic wreck that the Alabama Historical Commission (AHC) has documented and identified as the Lake Ellijay. The Lake Ellijay is a steel-hulled steamer built in World War I and was left in Mobile for scrapping and can be seen in the video footage shared online.
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