Alabama Historical Commission

City of Ozark becomes Certified Local Government

Ozark is the newest municipality to become a Certified Local Government, marking the state’s 35th CLG.

January 7, 2025

Gov. Kay Ivey makes string of appointments

The governor's office announced that Gov. Kay Ivey has made a number of appointments.

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June 4, 2021

Alabama granted ownership of the Clotilda ship wreck

Tuesday, federal District Judge Kristi Dubose awarded ownership of the shipwreck of the Clotilda, one of the last known slave ships, to the Alabama Historical Commission (AHC). The decision means that the state will have final say over remains of the ship, which was found near an island on the Mobile River north of the … Continued

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April 15, 2020

Sunday is the 400th Anniversary of first slave ship’s arrival in colonial America

Sunday, August 25, 2019, will mark the 400th anniversary of the first slave ship in the English colonies that today are the United States of America. To commemorate this moment in history, on Sunday at 2:00 p.m. CST, the bell at the Alabama State Capitol will ring in solidarity with others across the country in … Continued

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August 23, 2019

Alabama Historical Commission files admiralty claim on the Clotilda

Friday, July 26, the Alabama Historical Commission (AHC), and the State Historic Preservation Office, filed an Admiralty Claim in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama in Mobile as part of an ongoing and long-term protection and preservation plan for the Clotilda, the last-known slave ship in the United States. The … Continued

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July 30, 2019

Zeigler still wants Lurleen Wallace portrait restored to Capitol Rotunda

For decades, the portraits of Alabama Govs. Lurleen Wallace and George Wallace hung in the Capitol rotunda. During the eventful second term of former Gov. Robert Bentley, that policy was changed, arguably by the Alabama Historical Commission, and the portraits in the rotunda became the most current governors, then Bentley and Bob Riley. State Auditor … Continued

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May 8, 2019

Civil War Living History event today with a skirmish on Saturday

The Alabama Historical Commission and the Confederate Memorial Park are hosting their Annual Civil War Living History and Saturday Skirmish on Saturday, Today’s event begins at 9:00 am today and lasts until 1:00 pm. Saturday’s event will be from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm on Saturday. Both will be held at Alabama’s Confederate Memorial Park … Continued

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April 26, 2019

Zeigler completes year-end audit

As 2018 closes, State Auditor Jim Zeigler says that his office, which he calls “the watchman for the people” suffered adversities in 2018, but overcame them with solid improvements. The biggest setback was when the Auditor’s staff were kicked out of Alabama State House. In April, the Legislative Council notified Zeigler that his staff must … Continued

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December 26, 2018

Clandestine Strategy Becomes Reality, Just Maybe

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY — In March, the Alabama Political Reporter wrote of a clandestine strategy to eliminate the Alabama Historical Commission. Reportedly devised under the aegis of Senate President Pro Tem and House General Fund Budget, Chair Steve Clouse,  HB584, sponsored by Rep. Mike Holmes (R-Wetumpka), would dismantle the Alabama Historical … Continued

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May 20, 2015