Forty-five Orange Beach mailboxes were nominated in the city’s first Great American Mailbox Challenge, a patriotic beautification contest tied to the nation’s 250th birthday. All three winners came from East Orange Beach.
Tag: Memorial Day
Coverage of Memorial Day from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
Baldwin County
Orange Beach Opens Commemorative Brick Program at Veterans Memorial for America 250
Orange Beach has opened a commemorative brick program at its Veterans Memorial on Orange Beach Boulevard, part of the city’s designation as an Official Alabama Semiquincentennial City for America 250.
Local News
Memorial Day Ceremony at Mobile National Cemetery to Honor the Fallen
The South Alabama Veterans’ Council held its annual Memorial Day ceremony at the National Cemetery on Virginia Street in Mobile, with a World War II Marine featured in two acclaimed war histories as keynote speaker.
Baldwin County
1,600 Tons of Rubble Became a New Fishing Reef in Mobile Bay
The Alabama Wildlife Federation built the Upper Wreck Reef between Mullet Point and the mouth of Weeks Bay, a 1.25-acre underwater structure of recycled rubble finished in time for Memorial Day weekend.