Alabama

Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. The largest city by population is Birmingham, which has long been the most industrialized city, and largest city by total land area is Huntsville. The oldest city is Mobile, founded by French colonists in 1702 as the capital of French Louisiana.

Flag of Alabama

Seal of Alabama

Alabama State Capitol, Montgomery, West view 20160713 1

Oh! Susanna! Don't you cry for me; I come from a Alabama with a banjo on my knee. ~ Stephen Foster

Quotes

• Oh! Susanna! Don't you cry for me; I come from a Alabama with a banjo on my knee.
  • Stephen Foster, "Oh! Susanna" (1848), Cincinnati: W.C. Peters & Co.

• Big wheels keep on turning
  Carry me home to see my kin.
  Singing songs about the Southland
  I miss Alabamy once again.
  And I think its a sin.
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd, Sweet Home Alabama, Second Helping (1974), written by Ed King, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant.

• In Birmingham, they love the governor (Boo boo boo)
  Now we all did what we could do
  Now Watergate does not bother me
  Does your conscience bother you? Tell the truth
  • Sweet Home Alabama.

• Sweet Home Alabama,
  Where the skies are so blue.
  Sweet Home Alabama,
  Lord, I'm coming home to you.
  • Sweet Home Alabama.

External links

• Encyclopedic article on Alabama on Wikipedia