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Montgomery,
Alabama
has something for everyone. It offers American history at its
museums and attractions from early settlers onward. It stood
at the forefront of the Civil War and the Civil Rights
Movement. There are music and wildlife spots. Montgomery History
Old Alabama
Town
is like a trip back in time to late 19th and early 20th
century where you see how early settlers lived and worked
here. There are 50 authentically restored structures with
"residents and workers" doing the everyday tasks of that time
along six blocks of downtown Montgomery. The "Town" is divided
into three sections; a Living Section, a Working Section, and
Along the Street section.
Three blocks of Old Alabama Town is their working block with
blacksmiths, potteries, and musicians earned their living.
Oliver Cotton Gin dates back to 1900. On most days,
re-enactors are there "living life" in the town.
There's the living section with classrooms where students
leaned the three "Rs." Unlike today, you'll see desks with
inkwells and slates, not computers and IPods. Be
sure to visit Lucas Tavern. It's the oldest of the buildings
in the complex, built before 1818. It was built as a two-room
dogtrot. The Lucases bought it, added two additional rooms,
and enclosed the dogtrot. This gave them a dining room and
access to their outside kitchen. The tavern was originally on
the Old Federal Road about 15 miles east of Montgomery, which
then was the major connection between Washington D.C. and New
Orleans. Taverns were located about every 15 miles, considered
an average day's walk then. The Lucas Tavern's biggest claim
to fame is that the Marquis de La Fayette stayed here on April
25, 1825 as he traveled to Montgomery.
First White
House of the Confederacy
was where Jefferson Davis and his family lived at the
beginning of the Civil War. It's furnished much as it was when
he and his family were there. There are pictures of the family
and period artifacts, but what makes you realize there were
people with a private life as well as public figures is the
small crib reminding you there were children in this family.
Jefferson Davis Jr. and his sister, Margaret Howell Davis, had
the run of the home. Joseph Evan Davis was the one who would
have been in that crib then as he was just a toddler. Varina
was pregnant with William Howell Davis while she lived that
and gave birth shortly after moving to Richmond, the final
capital of the Confederacy.
Which brings me to the Alabama Capital. This was sort
of the Confederate DC in 1861 and '62. Since Montgomery was
the first Confederate Capital, this was where Jefferson Davis
was sworn in as president. It's an impressive three story
Greek revival building over a below-grade basement. On
February 4, 1861, it was where the provisional Confederate
States of America Constitution was approved and just a month
later, the permanent Constitution was approved.
Ironically, in 1964, just over a century later, the third
Selma to Montgomery march leading to the Voting Rights Act of
1965, ended at the same Capitol. The portraits and exhibits in
here show the history between those events and more. You
can view the government offices and the two houses of
Congress. Remember it is a working capital so many of the
offices are in use.
Right across the street visit the Alabama Museum. The
exhibits are more interactive here. My favorite is the Alabama
Voices, which tells Alabama's story from indigenous people to
present. Montgomery Civil Rights
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