2024 Big Book Sale & More
Don’t miss Montgomery City-County Public Library’s annual Big Book Sale & More, coming Friday, Nov. 1 – Sunday, Nov. 3, 8 a.m. at the Juliette Hampton Morgan Memorial Library, 245 High St., Montgomery. They’ll have food trucks, story times, and arts & crafts to keep the entire family having fun while you shop our selection of books at discounted prices. Get your holiday shopping done early and support your local library.
Alabama Frontier Days 2024
Alabama Frontier Days at Fort Toulouse-Fort Jackson Park in Wetumpka provides a fun and educational experience for the entire family! Join them November 6-9, 9 a.m.to 3 p.m. and step back into Alabama’s fascinating historical past! Fort Toulouse-Fort Jackson Park, a historic property of the Alabama Historical Commission, and the Friends of the Forts-Fort Toulouse Foundation are pleased to announce the 29th annual Alabama Frontier Days taking place. Experience one of the largest and most authentic living history events in Alabama! See the south as it transitioned from Creek Indian lands to military forts and civilian homesteads from 1700 to 1820. Using Fort Toulouse-Fort Jackson Park as its historical backdrop, Alabama Frontier Days focuses on demonstrating frontier life during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries as it happened at this historic site. The public can experience this “living history” as many frontier crafts and trades are demonstrated by specialists dressed in historic costume.This snapshot of frontier life includes Creek Indians, French soldiers and their families, British traders who lived among the Creeks and American soldiers who fought in Andrew Jackson’s army during the Creek War. Additionally, there will be a cannon demonstration and period entertainment featuring an eighteenth-century magician, strolling balladeers and musicians as well as merchants selling reproductions of items used on the frontier. Visit the blacksmith’s shop, the French encampment inside Fort Toulouse, the living history demonstrators inside Fort Jackson, or the many Native American demonstrators who will be teaching visitors about their history and culture. Admission is $15 for adults, $10 for children (6-18 years old) and free for children under six. To register a school group, contact us at 334-567-3002. Vendors will be selling food onsite throughout the event.