While Montgomery served as the capital of the Confederacy and that is recognized, it is overwhelmed with Civil Rights history. Let us start this photo journalism post from Civil War era.
First White house of the Confederacy
This is known as the "gunboat quilt". It was auctioned off, returned and auctioned off repeatedly to raise funds to build gunboats. Supposedly it raised enough for two. You know Mary is a quilter so this caught her eye.
A nice museum dedicated to Civil Rights. Had very high security like you would expect to see at air port.
Historic churches associated with civil rights movement.
And just pretty church buildings, First Baptist Montgomery
A nice capitol complex that even in these times of high security we were able to walk right up to.
This sign we found in the FREE history museum probably best signifies Alabama.
Montgomery has had a troubled past and is still troubled. High crime, many, many abandoned and decaying buildings. Not the sort of city you would expect to find as a capitol city.
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