Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site - Tuskegee, Alabama
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site - Tuskegee, Alabama
You will want to spend some time going through the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site when you are visiting Alabama. Here the historic story of the African-American pilots began when in over 15,000 were part of the Tuskegee Experience who served in the Army Air Corp. from 1942 - 1946. They were trained at the airfield in Tuskegee to be able to fly the planes in combat.
Hank Williams Museum - Montgomery, Alabama
Hank Williams Museum - Montgomery, Alabama
Hiram (Hank) Williams started his career at the age of 14 when he won a talent show at the Empire Theater in Montgomery in 1937. He began playing guitar following his 8th birthday when his mother gave him his first guitar. From that gift came the historic life of "the father of contemporary country music".
His first band was called the Drifting Cowboys and became a regular on a local radio show in 1941. In 1947 the songs "Never Again" and "Honky Tonkin" were hits and he signed a contract with MGM records. His first single for MGM was "Move It on Over" and was an immediate hit.
