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: semiquincentennial
Coverage of semiquincentennial from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
Clarke County
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Clarke County Native Flies Apache Helicopter Over America’s 250th Birthday Celebration
Thomasville native and Clarke Prep graduate Maj. Andrea Bagley Bynum piloted an Apache helicopter in the military flyover of the National Mall marking the nation’s 250th birthday, watched from below by her parents.
Clarke County
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Jackson Fills the Sky for America’s 250th With Downtown Fireworks Celebration
Residents lined the streets and parks of downtown Jackson on July 2 for the city’s annual Independence Day fireworks display, this year marking the 250th anniversary of American independence.
Chickasaw
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Mobile County Dedicates Liberty Park Downtown, Opening a Year of America 250 Programming
A $1.6 million pocket park between Government Plaza and the County Annex has been dedicated as Liberty Park, honoring the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and a fallen court officer.