Category: CURRENT EVENTS
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Riding with the Mobile Police Department, Part 2
On a muggy pre-dawn morning in mid-May, I entered the behind-the-scenes section of Precinct 3 (northeast Mobile) for the first time. While each precinct is similar, there are differences beyond the age and architecture of the buildings that set a certain tone to each shift. The atmosphere that Saturday morning was eagerness to start the…
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Riding with the Mobile Police Department, Part 1
After completing “Fragments Observed: Life During Mobile’s Progressive Era” last month, I’m pleased to announce a new blog series that will hopefully take us through the end of the year. New articles in “Fragments Observed: Riding with the Mobile Police Department” will post the third week each month. In keeping with the tone of the…
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June Events and New Book
For me, author events tend to come in clumps. February was my last busy time, but this month has it topped with events. Starting things off, I’ll be presenting “What is Southern Gothic?” at Azalea Creative Con on Saturday, June 14, at 11am. It’s a ticketed event, so you need to register for ACC or purchase a…
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Part Eight, The Mobile County Courthouse and a Royal Street Revisit
Part Two of this blog series showcased the Battle House hotel at the corner of Royal and St. Francis Streets. Here are a few more photographs of that area before we travel three blocks south. Reminder: the historic photos in this post are used with the permission of Historic Mobile Preservation Society for my “Fragments…
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Part Four, Bienville Square
Since the 1820s, Bienville Square has been a central point in Mobile. The downtown park is named for one of the two founders of the city, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, who served for a time as the governor of French Louisiana when Mobile was its capital in the early 1700s. This time, I’m…
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