Experience everything that Alabama Heritage has to offer your family getaway

Make sure you plan a stop at the Alabama State Capitol when you are making your plans for your Alabama tourism visit. Here you’ll have the chance to search back to the history not only of Alabama but of the Confederate movement and establishment of the Confederate State. Jefferson Davis was sworn in to the leadership of the Confederacy in the Alabama State Capitol in 1861. This began with representatives from South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana meeting in Montgomery to secede from the Union. You’ll be ready to see there is a commemorative brass marker in the form of a six-pointed star is set at the exact location ( on the top step, to the right of the door, between the middle columns ) where Jefferson Davis stood on February 18, 1861, to take his oath of office as first ( and only ) President of the Confederate States of America. One of many attractions in Alabama that you can enjoy on your family vacation to Alabama.

Many years later the State Capitol was once more the appearance of a rebellion of a kind. The 1965 Voting Rights March stopped on the street right in front of the capitol. The march had begun in Selma with 3,200 marchers but by the point it reached Montgomery there were 25,000 people gathered together. This march was pivotal in getting President Lyndon Johnson to sign the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

The structure itself was occupied in 1851 following the construction that happened after the 1st capitol building burned down in 1849. It is seated in the same location on the top of Goat Hill. The first center core of the capitol building is done in the Greek Revival style featuring a circular drum tower capped with a dome and cupola. At a later time the Neoclassical wings were added at the sides and the back.

Montgomery stopped up being the capital after it had moved around the state to four other locations. When a permanent home was needed the General Assembly voted to move it to Montgomery and make it a permanent home for the state.

There are tours available for the general public which are self-guided from 9 a.m. – four p.m. CST. This is a goodway to have your Alabama vacations be a learning time as well as a most pleasurable experience. Bring your folks and come to visit the State Capitol in Montgomery, you’ll be glad you took the time.

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