Alabama introduced the Mardi Gras to the western world.
The last surviving Confederate veteran Pleasant Crump was from Alabama died at age 104 in 1951.
The world’s first Electric Trolley System was introduced in Montgomery in 1886.
Montgomery is the capital and the birthplace of the Confederate States of America.
The Confederate flag was designed and first flown in Alabama in 1861.
Blount County was created on February 7, 1818 and is older than the state.
Mobile is named after the Mauvilla Indians.
Alabama Has The Most Snails Of Any US State
Alabama Had A Bear Wrestling Problem In The 1990s
Adolf Hitler’s typewriter survived from his mountain retreat and is exhibited at the Hall of History in Bessemer.
In 2010, the World's Largest Pot of Baked Beans, certified by Guinness World Records, was cooked at the Alabama Butterbean Festival in Pinson.