Ghost Boys

 Some boys peer through the glass doors of the Alabama Archives building as those doors reflect the 1852 capitol dome across the street.

Jefferson Davis Statue

The statue of confederate president Jefferson Davis outside the Alabama Capitol Building in which the confederacy was founded. Davis was sworn in on the front steps of the building in 1861. The confederate capital was moved to Richmond three months later.

The names of the states that seceded from the United States are engraved in the base of the statue.

(The South Secedes

The secession of South Carolina was followed by the secession of six more states—Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas–and the threat of secession by four more—Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina.)

The Stairs at work

      I've become enamored with the wonderful double cantilevered staircases at the entrance to the Alabama State Capital in Montgomery, where I am now working as a docent.

     They were built in 1851 by freed slave Horace King---needless to say--with NO power tools.

Here are a few views:

Foggy Flags 2/2018