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Historical Sites in Alabama 4 th Grade. By Amber McCallie. Space and Rocket Center. Located in Huntsville The home of Space Camp http://www.spacecamp.com/museum/. Ivy Green. Located in Tuscumbia Birthplace of Helen Keller http://www.helenkellerbirthplace.org/. Fort Morgan.
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Historical Sites in Alabama4th Grade By Amber McCallie
Space and Rocket Center • Located in Huntsville • The home of Space Camp • http://www.spacecamp.com/museum/
Ivy Green • Located in Tuscumbia • Birthplace of Helen Keller • http://www.helenkellerbirthplace.org/
Fort Morgan • Located in Mobile • The Battle of Mobile Bay took place here • http://andy_bennett.home.mindspring.com/morgan.html
Moundville Archaeological Park • Located in Moundville • 800 years ago Moundville was the largest city in North America • http://moundville.ua.edu/home.html
Vulcan Park • Located in Birmingham • Home to the world’s largest cast iron statue • http://www.vulcanpark.org/
Civil Rights Institute • Located in Birmingham • Features famous African Americans from the Civil Rights Movement • http://bcri.bham.al.us/index.html
Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark • Located in Birmingham • Began producing iron in 1882 and continued for 90 years • http://www.slossfurnaces.com/media/html/home/sloss_story.php
National Voting Rights Museum and Institute • Located in Selma • Offers history of voting rights struggle • http://www.selmaalabama.com/nvrm.htm
Alabama State Capitol • Located in Montgomery • Jefferson Davis took the oath of office as president of the Confederacy • http://www.archives.state.al.us/capital/capitals.html
Rosa Parks Museum • Located in Montgomery • Rosa Parks sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott • http://montgomery.troy.edu/museum/
First White House of the Confederacy • Located in Montgomery • Home of the first Confederate President, Jefferson Davis • http://www.land-we-love.com/confederacy_white_house.htm
Civil Rights Memorial • Located in Montgomery • The only monument honoring those killed in the Civil Rights Movement • http://www.splcenter.org/crm/memorial.jsp
Dexter Avenue • Located in Montgomery • Home of Martin Luther King, Jr. while he lived in Montgomery • http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/al8.htm
Websites to access for more information on Alabama • Alabama Information http://www.touralabama.org/index-FL.html • NetState http://www.netstate.com • Famous Alabamians http://www.archives.state.al.us/famous/famous.html • Alabama Department of Archives and Historyhttp://www.archives.state.al.us/famous/famous.html