By: Adam
The flag has white on it because of the cotton fields. The flag’s crosses have
to be
left to right. The flags crosses have to be
six inches wide. Alabama is south east of the United States. In the Civil War
the South wanted to be separated from the North. When the people salute the flag
they say, "I pledge my allegiance, my service and my life".
In
the state of Alabama there are many restaurants. I found that there are 971
restaurants in Alabama. The most restaurants in Alabama are: Arby’s has 26
Captain D’s has 17 Domino’s pizza has 17 Burger King has 10.
By: Shawn
I learned that the climate in west-central Alabama is mild with a temperature of 82 degrees F (28C). In winter they have an average temperature of 47 degrees F (8C). There are also 54 inches average of rainfall. Spring comes early and weather warms to the 60s, and summer days are in the low 80s. North Alabama gets snow sprinkles. Winters are mild and short, with one snowfall per year. This snowfall may last more than a few hours. Spring begins in early March. In summer, rain falls in a sort of tropical pattern with periods of very hard rain.
By: Steven
There are 14 or more different types of fruit grown in the state of Alabama on trees and vines. Some of the fruits are grown in fields. Some of the fruits are apple, pears, peaches, citrus, kiwifruit, and nectarines.
Bear Creek Nursery had 5 people on business and lost 2 people last year.
By: Vincent
Alabama is also known as the yellowhammer state. The name came from people during the civil war that thought the soldier’s uniforms looked like a yellowhammer bird. After the Civil War they decided to call the yellowhammer woodpecker the state bird. The official name for the yellowhammer woodpecker is the yellow- shafted flicker. It spends most of its time looking for insects on the ground. The yellowhammer lives in forests through out the United States from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. He has yellow patches under his wings and is about 12 inches long.
There are 169 species of flickers. The female flicker doesn’t have the black streaks on her throat. Also, the black crescent on her breast is smaller. The flicker is strong and flies in a straighter manner than any other woodpecker.
In the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, in Montgomery, Alabama, the African Americans gathered together for a Civil rights march. They boycotted against the bus system after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. preached his message of peace and brotherhood at this church.
In the late 1700’s the official religion for the region became Roman Catholic. The first Baptist church in Alabama started in 1808. Churches served as community centers or social gathering places.
There are many museums in Alabama. The Sports Hall of Fame is one of them. This museum has lots of sports memorabilia. There is also the first White House of the Confederacy. This museum is about history. Many people visit museums every year and the people love it.
Alabama’s state flower is the Camellia.
It is violet red.
It was adopted September 6, 1927. It was argued that camellias were commercially important. The state bird was adopted the same day as the state flower. Camellias also helped the economy by attracting tourists.
Alabama was the name of a noted southern Indian tribe, which is now in central Alabama. The tribal name of Alabama was spelled in various ways. The name Alabama recorded by others was the name of a subdivision of the Chickasaws, not the historic Alabamans of later times. The popular belief is that Alabama signifies ‘Here We Rest’. Experts in the Muskogee dialect have been unable to find any word or phrase similar to Alabama with the meaning ‘Here We Rest.
According to some tribal name, Alabama must be taught in the Choctaw tongue. It is not uncommon for tribes to accept a name given them by a neighboring tribe.
These are a few of the many famous people from Alabama:
George
Wallace
was the longest running governor from Alabama.
Helen Keller’s
life’s work was helping blind and deaf. She played a major role in focusing
the world’s attention on the problems of the deaf. There were also some famous
athletes from Alabama: Joe Louis was a boxer. Some say he was the finest
champion of boxing. He was called the" Brown Bomber" He had 25
successful title defenses. Willie Mays was born at Westfield, Alabama. He had 2
MVP awards, 11 Golden Gloves and played in 24 All-Star games.
Heather
Whitestone was the 1995’s Miss America. She lost her hearing when she was a
baby. She was the first women with a disability to be crowned Miss America.
Alabama is a state that makes paper, chemicals, rubber and plastics apparel and textiles. Many people work in coat factories and as farmers. You can also find jobs in governmental offices at hospitals, on the radio and on TV.
The
state tree of Alabama is the Southern Longleaf Pine. The tree is found in the
lower part of the state. The tree grows very little above ground in the first
five years. During this time the top is a bunch of thick green needles and grows
best in well-drained soil. This tree can grow up to 150 feet tall and 4 feet
around. They made it the state tree in 1997.
Alabama’s
Favorite Toy
By: Devin
Children in Alabama would like to get their hands on the best
toy to play with in the summer. Almost every child would love to get this toy for Christmas or its birthday. I think if they go shopping they would beg their parents for this toy.
Can you guess what it is?
It’s a garden hose.
Can you guess why?
They use it as a sprinkler in the summer.
The people of Alabama get their money from farming and agricultural products like corn, cotton and eggs. They get money from paper and wood and they also trade.
The Cheaha Mountain is the highest point in Alabama. It grows 2, 407 feet tall. The Appalachian Mountains extend into most of Northern Alabama. The forests give the state third or forth place in lumber production. Weogufka Mountains are only 950 feet. Mt. Weisner is 1,900 feet and Penitiary Mountain is 1,074 feet tall. Logan Park is 1,700 feet tall. Most of the land is forest. Forest lands amount to 21,000,000 acres.
In Alabama there are many groups of Native Americans. They are Creeks, Chickasaws and Choctaws. Most Alabamians belong to two groups. Most are English or Scotch Irish. African Americans make up one fourth of the population.
Helen
Keller’s cottage was inTuscumbia. This house is interesting because Helen
Keller was blind, deaf and could not speak. She learned to talk by sign
language. She read and wrote books.
Alabama has 6 rivers, the Appalachian Mountains, Guntersville Lake and many other land and water features.
The State Motto, Seal and Coat of Arms
By:
Nikita
The state motto was created in 1939. The motto says: "We Dare Defend our Rights". In Latin it is "Audemus jura nostra defendere". The state seal shows a circled map with boundaries and rivers. This is a picture of the state Coat of Arms.
Mobil Alabama is one of largest ports in the United States. Its state owned docks could handle 25-30 vessels at a time! The dock is very large and wide. Maybe the ships are as big as 3 classrooms put together.
Alabama’s state gem is Star Blue Quartz. It is one of the most beautiful
gemstones on earth, and the cheapest because there are so 
many.
There are also other states with quartz. Star Blue Quartz was named in 1990.
There is different colored quartz. New Hampshire has smokey, South Dakota rose,
Arkansas and Georgia star blue. Quartz is made into glass, eyeglasses,
electrical components, abrasives, and gemstone and building stone. There is a
little bit of quartz in every rock. Quartz is made of silicon dioxide (SiO2).
Without quartz crystals, we could not make radios or computers. This is a
picture of a piece of Quartz.
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