Hubby and I rode to Montgomery and left the house at about 8:30 am.
Ate roast beef sandwiches at Arby’s in Athens.
We stopped in Clanton, Alabama filled up with gas at Jet Pet pump number 16 13.34 gallons at $3.30 per gallon cost $44.00.
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| Freshly baked peach pie topped with homemade peach ice cream |
We then went to Peach Park where we shared a large peach cobbler ($4.75) and peach ice cream ($2.75).
Hubby ordered a hotdog ($2.75) onion rings (2.00) and a drink.
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| Hank Williams Museum |
We went to Hank Williams Museum Alabama’s Troubadour located at 118 Commerce Street Montgomery, Alabama cost $10.00 each.
The museum is filled with Memorabilia of Hank Williams which includes his baby-blue Cadillac, 17 Hank Williams Suits, two life-size portraits that were owned by Hank and Audrey, some of his boots, ties, overcoats, hats, horse saddle, and 1947 Gibson Guitar and many more items
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| Hank Williams |
Historic Markers inside the museum
When 1938, young country singer Hank Williams won a contest on the stage of the Empire Theatre. Born in Butler County, south of Montgomery, on September 17, 1923, Williams learned to play the guitar and sing on the streets of Georgia. Writing songs and performing, he made his way to Nashville, wherein 1949 his "Lovesick Blues" stopped the show at the Grand Ole Opry. Other acclaimed compositions include "Your Cheatin' Heart", Jambalaya,” and "Kaw-Liga".
Williams died on January 1, 1953, and is buried in Montgomery's Oakwood Annex Cemetery.
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| St John's Episcopal Church |
We were given a grand tour of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Montgomery organized in 1834 by a small group of pioneer settlers.
The church has many interesting memorials including the ceiling medallions, 1885 chimes of bells in the tower, and stained glass window art by Charles Connick of Boston.
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| Capitol building's dome. |
We took a self-guided tour of the Capitol building where we saw hanging on the walls the 52 governors of Alabama. It has a cantilevered stairway that spirals up to the third floor. We saw the old Senate Chamber, the old House of Representatives chamber, a sculpture of the only woman governor of Alabama, and the dome overlooking the rotunda on the first floor.
Outside we saw the Confederate memorial, several statues, a rose garden, and an avenue of flags.
Not a fancy building by no means.
Met a family from Wisconsin they were meeting their daughter in Montgomery and were taking his parents to Florida. We talked about the magnolia trees, about all the pecans that lay everywhere on the ground, and how our pecan trees at home were making but falling off the trees with blight
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| Montgomery's Capitol Building |
We walked up and down many streets taking pictures of historic markers in historic downtown Montgomery.
Montgomery City Hall / Funeral for Hank Williams
Montgomery Theater
The Elijah Cook/City of Montgomery vs. Rosa Parks
St. John’s Episcopal Church Organized 1834
Montgomery Freemasonry
Montgomery’s Slave Market
Montgomery’s City Hall was built 1936~37
Montgomery Learning from the Past
Brigadier General Richard Montgomery/
St Johns Episcopal Church Montgomery Labyrinth Gardens
Black Members of the Alabama Legislature Who Served During The Reconstruction Period of 1868-1879
Murphy House
A Nation Divided/Cradle of the Confederacy
Starke Alabama School 1888~1968 "Omnia Vincit labor~ Work Wins"
History of Alabama State Bar-Dexter Avenue
Court Square
Professor John Metcalfe Starke” Fessor Starke 1860~1941” / Starke University School 1888~1968 located Dexter Avenue
City of Montgomery
Marquis Lafayette
Lucien Dunbibben Gardner Twenty-Second Chief Justice - 1940-1951 next to RSA Dexter building
James Edwin Livingston Twenty-Third Chief Justice 1951-1971
Howell Thomas Heflin Twenty-Fourth Chief Justice – 1971-1977
Clement Clay "Bo" Forbert, Jr Twenty-Fifth Chief Justice 1977-1989
Ernest C. “Sonny” Hornsby Twenty-Sixth Chief Justice-1989-1995
The Alabama Appellate Court
Battle Flag of the Confederacy-located four corners of the Confederate flag
First National Confederate Flag (Stars and Bars)-located four corners of the Confederate flag located four corners of the Confederate flag)
The second National Confederate Flag (Stainless Banner) is located four corners of the Confederate flag
The third National Confederate Flag is located four corners of the Confederate flag
Alabama Confederate Monument 1861~1865 Consecrated to the memory of the Confederate Soldiers and Seamen ~Infantry, Artillery, Cavalry, and Navy
Albert L. Patterson-Capitol lawn
Camellia Designated Alabama State Flower-capitol lawn
United States flag Raised over Alabama Capitol April 12, 1865 – capitol lawn
Alabama First Capitals/Alabama State Capitol-capitol lawn
Jefferson Davis June 3, 1808, December 6, 1889/Soldier Scholar Statesman-capitol lawn
John Allan Wyeth Marker-Capitol lawn
Selma to Montgomery March N. Bainbridge Street north of Dexter Avenue
Black members of the Alabama Legislature who served during the Reconstruction Period of 1868-1879
Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church Organized at 1877 Dexter Ave
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| Grave of Hank and Audrey Williams |
We rode to the Oakwood Annex Cemetery where Hank and Audrey Williams are buried.
There were many markings on his tombstone: Including his hat, his guitar, and his boots.
1. Now I am so Happy No sorrows insight.
2. Luke the Drifter
3. Hey Good looking
4. Kaw-Liga
5. Jambalaya
6. Cold, Cold Heart
7. Lovesick blues
8. I just told Mama good by
9. Men with broken hearts
We met a young man sitting at Hank Williams's gravesite. He said I just had to stop and have a drink with Hank. Had a can of beer in his hand; he was sharing with Hank.
He was traveling from Florida to Southern Virginia.
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| Montgomery Confederate Hospital |
We rode through the Oakwood Annex and St Margaret's cemeteries where I took several pictures of tombstones of Confederate soldiers and several historic markers were located there.
It was a very interesting day, with lots of historic places, and makers, visited the tombstone and museum of Hank Williams, toured the Capitol building toured St. John’s Episcopal Church, and walked up and down many streets taking pictures. We also toured St Margaret's Cemetery.
We had a safe and uneventful ride home.
We had a safe and uneventful ride home.
