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Thursday, February 17, 2022

Travel Day -> Alabama

 Alabama is a southeastern U.S. state that’s home to significant landmarks from the American Civil Rights Movement. The city of Birmingham's 16th Street Baptist Church, now a museum, was a protest headquarters in the 1960s. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s church and the Rosa Parks Museum, dedicated to the activist, can be found in the capital of Montgomery.

Capital: Montgomery

Current Temperature: 73 degrees, breezy with an afternoon thunderstorm

Current Time: 12:15 PM (1 hour behind us)

State Abbreviation: AL

State Nickname: Yellowhammer State

During the Civil War, Alabama became known as the “Yellowhammer State” after a company of young cavalry from Huntsville wore uniforms adorned with fine yellow cloth. The name spread until all Confederate troops from Alabama were referred to as “yellowhammers.”

Population: 4.9 million (12.8 in PA)

Size: 52,420 sq. miles (46,000 sq. miles in PA)

Statehood: December 14, 1819 (22nd state to join the Union)



State Bird - Northern Flicker

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