A volunteer commission prepared a yearlong celebration of Mobile County’s bicentennial, marking two centuries since the county’s creation in 1812 with events across its municipalities and a kickoff in Bienville Square.
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Mobile’s Davis Avenue Recreation Center Joins the National Register
The National Park Service added Mobile’s Davis Avenue Recreation Center, founded in 1921 as the city’s first public recreation center for African Americans, to the National Register of Historic Places.
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Church Street Graveyard: Mobile’s City of the Dead and the Fever That Filled It
Behind mossy brick walls a few blocks from downtown Mobile lies Church Street Graveyard, where yellow fever epidemics of the 1800s filled the ground faster than headstones could be carved.
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Mint Juleps at Oakleigh: A Toast to Garfield and the Coming Antiques Roadshow
The Historic Mobile Preservation Society’s fourth annual Bravery and Beauty Mint Julep Party was set for June 8 at Oakleigh, blending a fundraiser with a nod to James Garfield’s 1877 visit and the coming Antiques Roadshow.