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Discoveries America Alabama DVD
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Island is the gateway to the latest “Discoveries…America” documentary
featuring the state of Alabama. History buffs can learn about Fort Gaines
(Damn the torpedoes - full speed ahead!) while nature lovers can explore
the sandy beaches, estuaries of the island and the heronry, home of many
nesting Great Blue Herons. Offshore, oystermen have been working the gulf
for generations, bringing in an important harvest and component of the
local economy. Sea Lab, the marine science and education center, is home
to the Estuarium, a place where visiting students get their feet wet
exploring the marine environment and local researchers study jellyfish and
sea grass. Mobile is an historic city with stately ante bellum mansions,
like the Bragg Mitchell home. The original Mardi Gras city now has its own
Carnival Museum. Further north is Selma, a town internationally recognized
as ground zero for the voting rights movement of 1965. The Museum of
Voting Rights explains the history of the foot soldiers who marched across
the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, all the way to Montgomery, in the fight
to secure the Voting Rights Act. The rolling hills of northern Alabama are
home to a variety of outdoor pursuits, among them, the sport of raccoon
hunting. Coon dog training is serious business here, so much so that the
only coon dog cemetery in the world is located here. At the Mt. Top Flea
Market outside of Atalla, over 100 acres of vendors sell just about
anything under the sun. “If it’s not here this week, come back next…” Ave
Maria Grotto is located on the grounds of a Benedictine monastery. For
several decades one of the monks labored to create an unusual display of
miniatures…scale models of unique architectural buildings from around the
world.
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