We are currently a short distance north of Alabama's capital. While reading today's Montgomery Advertiser, I came across an article about a planned Secession Day observance.
Secession Day for Alabama is January 11, 1861, when Alabama seceded from the Union. It is being observed today because that is closer to when Jefferson Davis was inaugurated as President of the Confederacy.
As you might expect. there is a fair convergence of opinion as to this observation. The Southern Poverty Law Center (anti-Confederate) calls it a "hate fest." One of the speakers at it is from the League of the South (pro-Confderate) which supports another Southern secession.
It would be interesting to go, but we have a date with the beach and some things, after this long, long winter, just take precedence.
This should really be the event next year on the 150th anniversary.
Can't We All Just Get Along? --Old B-Runner
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