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  • Birmingham(Vulcan, Sloss and City), AL, US – Video

    Birmingham is the largest city in the state of Alabama. With more than 1.1 million people in the metropolitan area, Birmingham is the cultural and economic heart of Alabama. Visitors find a pleasant green city of ridges and valleys, with many attractive views and friendly, hospitable people.

    The City of Birmingham is relatively young. Founded in 1871 at the crossing of two railroad lines, it soon became known for its iron and steel industries. Named for England’s giant industrial city, Birmingham became a commercial hub as well, and today it is one of the top five banking cities in the US.

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  • The Hindu Temple and Cultural Center of Birmingham, Pelham, AL, US – Video

    Mandir or Temple is the abode of God. The temple is the focus for all aspects of everyday life in the Hindu community – religious, cultural, educational and social.

    The Hindu Temple of Birmingham will be an effective center to promote bhakti (devotion), rich culture and heritage of India, peace of mind, self-confidence, universal brotherhood, and religious harmony among all the people.

    Dieties Information : Shiva, Ganesha, Durga, Subrahmanya and Sri Venkateshwar.

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  • Montgomery, AL, US – Video

    Montgomery is the capital, second most populous city, and the fourth most populous metropolitan area in Alabama. It is located southeast of the center of the state, in the Gulf Coastal Plain.

    The city was incorporated in 1819, as a merger of two towns situated along the Alabama River. It became the state capital in 1846. In February 1861, Montgomery was selected as the first capital of the Confederate States of America, until the seat of government moved to Richmond, Virginia in May of that year.

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  • Orange Beach, AL, US – Video

    Orange Beach is a city in Alabama located on the Gulf Coast. It has beautiful white sand beaches, but is quieter and cheaper than the Florida beaches nearby. The Gulf Shores and Orange Beach areas are easily reached from Interstates 65 and 10 as well as US Hwy 98.

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  • Mobile(Fort Conde, City, Battleship Memorial Park), AL, US – Video

    Mobile is a city in the state of Alabama in the South of the US with almost a half million people in the metro area.

    Mobile is a historic, diverse port city with a strong southern culture and heritage. The original capital of French Louisiana, Mobile is home to the oldest Mardi Gras celebration in the US.

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  • Birmingham, AL, US – Pictures – Upcoming Video

    Birmingham is the largest city in the state of Alabama. With more than 1.1 million people in the metropolitan area, Birmingham is the cultural and economic heart of Alabama. Visitors find a pleasant green city of ridges and valleys, with many attractive views and friendly, hospitable people.

    The City of Birmingham is relatively young. Founded in 1871 at the crossing of two railroad lines, it soon became known for its iron and steel industries. Named for England’s giant industrial city, Birmingham became a commercial hub as well, and today it is one of the top five banking cities in the US.

    “The Magic City” became known as a thriving and quickly growing community in what had once been a “poor, insignificant Southern village.” Sloss Furnaces, a preserved iron mill with 1920s blast furnaces, commemorates this side of the city’s heritage.

    The Civil Rights era of the 1960s left lasting impressions of racial conflict, police dogs and fire hoses turned on nonviolent protesters, and the bombing of homes and churches. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from the Birmingham Jail” became one of the great statements of the nonviolent movement for racial justice in America. The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and places of reflections such as Kelly Ingram Park symbolize the healing process from within and present a much different picture of a transformed city.

    * Alabama Men’s Hall of Fame, 800 Lakeshore Drive.
    * Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, 1631 Fourth Avenue North.
    * Alabama Sports Hall of Fame, 2150 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd. N.
    * Arlington Antebellum Home and Gardens, 331 Cotton Ave SW.
    * Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum and Motorsports Park, 6030 Barber Motorsports Pkwy.
    * Birmingham Botanical Gardens, 2612 Lane Park Rd.
    * Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, 520 16th Street North.
    * Birmingham Museum of Art, 2000 8th Avenue North.
    * Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark, 20 32nd Street North.
    * Southern Museum of Flight, 4343 73rd St N.
    * Vulcan Statue and Museum, 1701 Valley View Drive.

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  • The Hindu Temple and Cultural Center of Birmingham, Pelham, AL, US – Pictures – Upcoming Video

    200 N Chandalar Dr, Pelham, AL 35124.

    Mandir or Temple is the abode of God. The temple is the focus for all aspects of everyday life in the Hindu community – religious, cultural, educational and social.

    The Hindu Temple of Birmingham will be an effective center to promote bhakti (devotion), rich culture and heritage of India, peace of mind, self-confidence, universal brotherhood, and religious harmony among all the people.

    Dieties Information : Shiva, Ganesha, Durga, Subrahmanya and Sri Venkateshwar.

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  • Montgomery, AL, US – Pictures – Upcoming Video

    Montgomery is the capital, second most populous city, and the fourth most populous metropolitan area in Alabama. It is located southeast of the center of the state, in the Gulf Coastal Plain.

    The city was incorporated in 1819, as a merger of two towns situated along the Alabama River. It became the state capital in 1846. In February 1861, Montgomery was selected as the first capital of the Confederate States of America, until the seat of government moved to Richmond, Virginia in May of that year.

    During the mid-20th century, Montgomery was a primary site in the African-American Civil Rights Movement, including the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Selma to Montgomery marches.

    Today, in addition to housing many Alabama government agencies, Montgomery has a large military presence due to Maxwell Air Force Base, public universities Alabama State University, Troy University (Montgomery campus), and Auburn University-Montgomery, private colleges/universities Faulkner University, Huntingdon College, and ABA-accredited law school Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, high-tech manufacturing including Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, and cultural attractions like the Alabama Shakespeare Festival and Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts.

    Montgomery was also the site of Jefferson Davis’ inauguration. It was also the site of seeing the arrest of Rosa Parks and the ensuing bus boycott, as well as numerous non violent protests led by Dr. Martin Luther King.

    # Alabama Shakspeare Festival, 1 Festival Dr.

    # Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, One Museum Drive.

    # Civil Rights Memorial, 400 Washington Avenue.

    # Blount Cultural Park, 6055 Vaughn Road.

    # Hank Williams Museum, 118 Commerce Street.

    # Alabama State Capitol, 600 Dexter Avenue.

    # Rosa Parks Library and Museum, 251 Montgomery Street.

    # Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, 454 Dexter Avenue. – Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. preached at the church for six years.

    # Montgomery Zoo, 2301 Coliseum Parkway.

    # Old Alabama Town, 301 Columbus Street.

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  • Orange Beach, AL, US – Pictures – Upcoming Video

    Orange Beach is a city in Alabama located on the Gulf Coast. It has beautiful white sand beaches, but is quieter and cheaper than the Florida beaches nearby. The Gulf Shores and Orange Beach areas are easily reached from Interstates 65 and 10 as well as US Hwy 98.

    * Fort Morgan 51 Hwy 180 West. – A fort has been at this site on and off since the 1500s. The present fortification date from 1834 to WWII and played a vital part in the Battle of Mobile Bay. Historical tours are given daily in the summer.

    * Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo 1204 Gulf Shores Parkway.

    * Gulf Shores Museum, 244 West 19th Avenue.

    * Orange Beach Indian & Sea Museum, 25850 John M Snook Avenue.

    * Gulf Shores Public Beach.

    * Gulf State Park – 6 miles east of Hwy 59.

    * Waterville USA Hwy 59 North.

    * Adventure Island, 24559 Perdido Beach Blvd.

    * Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge, 12295 Hwy 180.

    * Ferris Wheel at The Wharf, 4985 Wharf Parkway.

    * Pirates Island Adventure Golf, 3201 Gulf Shores Parkway.

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  • Mobile, AL, US – Pictures – Upcoming Video

    Mobile is a city in the state of Alabama in the South of the US with almost a half million people in the metro area.

    Mobile is a historic, diverse port city with a strong southern culture and heritage. The original capital of French Louisiana, Mobile is home to the oldest Mardi Gras celebration in the US.

    Located at the junction of the Mobile River and Mobile Bay on the northern Gulf of Mexico, the city is the only seaport in Alabama. The Port of Mobile is the 9th largest port in the US.

    As one of the Gulf Coast’s cultural centers, Mobile houses several art museums, a symphony orchestra, a professional opera, a professional ballet company, and a large concentration of historic architecture. Mobile is known for having the oldest organized Carnival celebrations in the United States, dating to the 1700s of its early colonial period. It was also host to the first formally organized Carnival mystic society or “krewe” in the United States, dating to 1830.

    * MODA Free electric trolley that serves downtown with 22 stops, available Monday through Friday from 7am – 6pm.

    * The Wave Transit System is Mobile’s public bus service.

    * Historic Fort Conde, 150 South Royal Street – Recreation of a fort built in 1723.

    * Bellingrath Gardens, 12401 Bellingrath Gardens Rd. in Theodore, Alabama.

    * Battleship Memorial Park, 2703 Battleship Parkway.
    Battleship Memorial Park is a military park on the shore of Mobile Bay and features the World War II era battleship USS Alabama (BB-60), the World War II era submarine USS Drum (SS-228), Korean War and Vietnam War Memorials, and a variety of historical military equipment.

    * Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Dauphin, 36602 Mobile.

    * Bragg-Mitchell Mansion, 1906 Spring Hill Avenuel.

    * Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center, 65 Government St.

    * Take a Cruise; Carnival Cruise Line operates their Fun Ship “Holiday” from the port of Mobile. Four and five day Western Caribbean cruises.

    * Dauphin Island, Hwy 193, 23 miles south of Mobile. Sandy beaches, Historic Fort Gaines, fishing pier, campground, bird-watching sites, the Dauphin Island Sea Lab and Estuarium, and the Isle Dauphine Golf Club are all on the island.

    Mobile is the third most populous city in Alabama. Mobile began as the first capital of colonial French Louisiana in 1702.

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