All About Alabama

What is the capital of Alabama?

• Montgomery

What is Alabama’s state flower?

• Camellia

What is Alabama’s state bird?

• Yellowhammer

What is Alabama’s Nickname?

• “Yellowhammer State” and “Heart of Dixie”

Who is the governor of Alabama?

• Robert Bentley

What is Alabama’s state tree?

• Longleaf Pine

What are Alabama’s Natural Resources?

• Coal• Iron Ore• Timber

What are Alabama’s agricultural products?

• Poultry and Eggs• Cattle• Peanuts• Cotton• Grains

Alabama Industries

• Steel Production• Automotive Manufacturing

What states border Alabama?

• North – Tennessee• South – Florida• West – Mississippi• East - Georgia

What are the two main rivers in Alabama?

• Alabama River and Tombigbee River

Alabama’s State Motto• “We Dare Maintain Our Rights” • The idea for Alabama's state motto came from Marie

Bankhead Owen of the Alabama Department of Archives and History while searching for a phrase to be put on the state coat of arms (completed in 1923).

• The motto was inspired by a poem by the 18th-century author Sir William Jones which includes the stanza,

"What constitutes a state? . . .Men who their duties know,but know their rights,and knowing, dare maintain."

Alabama’s Motto – Usually written in Latin

Alabama’s State Song…

• “Alabama”

Famous People From Alabama• Harper Lee– Famous author, wrote To Kill a Mockingbird

Famous People From Alabama• Willie Mays– Famous Baseball Player– Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979– He ended his career with 660 home runs

Famous People From Alabama• Rosa Parks– “Mother of the Modern Day Civil Rights

Movement”– Refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white

man, was arrested, and it later started the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Famous People From Alabama

• Helen Keller– First deaf/blind person to earn a college degree

Famous People From Alabama

• Hank Williams– Famous singer, songwriter, and musician

Famous People From Alabama• Heather Leigh Whitestone McCallum– First deaf Miss America title holder, having lost

most of her hearing at the age of 18 months