Spent a quiet morning around the hotel, while we did some reading, and had some breakfast while we waited for the laundry to finish. Here are some pictures of our home for this week. Home2Suites - by Hilton. This is our first time staying with this branch of the chain and WE LOVED IT! Mid morning we headed downtown to explore Alabama Constitution Village. http://www.earlyworks.com/alabama-constitution-village/ We learned about some of the early settlers of Alabama, we also learned that Georgia, Tennessee and Mississippi were all states before Alabama. In order to be a state Alabama needed 3 things. 1. 66, 000 people. 2. The land they wanted to declare. 3. The laws. So 22 representatives of the state gathered here in Huntsville and declared they wanted a state, and they wrote the laws which their state would stand by. For a short period Huntsville was even the capital. But since the laws were made here in the north, the capital got moved to the south. ![]() Constitution Village ![]() Cotton branches. ![]() Spinning the carpentry wheel to help Miss Connie make a spindle leg for a chair. ![]() Working in the Printers Shop. Today we also learned where the phrases- sleep tight, and dead as a door nail came from. Sleep tight referred to the ropes or ties under your mattress. If the ropes were not tied tight to the boards your mattress would sag and then you wouldn't have as tight of a sleep. Dead as a door nail. When building doors carpenters or builders would lay out the vertical boards, and then nail on the horizontal braces to hold them all together. In stead of nailing them right through, and in order for there to be no nails sticking out the other side, they would drive the nail into both boards and then bend the nail at the top and hammer it sideways right into the board They called this making a nail dead, hence dead as a door nail. ![]() What else did we discover today....... This is an ugly jug. These ugly jugs were used in the area by slave women, to scare children away from liquids that were harmful to them. ![]() Em was able to ring the Constitutional Bell at the end of the tour. On our walk around Huntsville, or Rocket City as they call it. We also made this discovery. To commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the Walk on the Moon- Astronaut Alan Shepard and Huntsville Children share their footprints. That was over 20 years ago now. BUT YOU WANT TO KNOW THE VERY BEST PART OF OUR DAY!!!!!!!
PICKING UP THIS GUY AT THE AIRPORT!!!!!!!!! YAHHHHH!!!!!!!!
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shirley
7/31/2014 03:11:48 pm
The smiles make me cry
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Yvonne
7/31/2014 04:06:03 pm
Love the photos of dad's arrival. Precious. Have fun all together! :)
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3/8/2024 12:50:20 pm
The state accumulated here in Huntsville and pronounced they needed a state, and they composed the regulations which their state would hold on. For a brief period Huntsville was even the capital. However, since the regulations were made here in the north, Thank you for the beautiful post!
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