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Marion, Alabama

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Marion Female Seminary

While teaching here in 1861, Prussian-born artist Nicola Marschall designed the first national flag of the Confederate States of America, "The Stars and Bars." Itt was officially adopted by the Confederate States of America on March 4, 1861

Marion, AL Seminars

Lincoln Museum

Artifacts and exhibits of Lincoln Normal School, founded in 1867

Marion, AL Museums


Moore/Webb/Holmes Plantation

1800s plantation owned by same family since 1819. Country store, smokehouse, log cotton seed house. Weaving, carriage and tenant houses. Blacksmith shop, grist mill, barns, more. 6 mi./9.5

Marion, AL Plantations

Things to do near Marion, AL

Backstreet Opry

Saturday night music shows with as many as 25 different entertainers, professional and amateur. Country, gospel, blues, comed...

Alabama Historical Radio Museum

Fascinating collection of old radios, photographs and other memorabilia. Also wall-mounted story boards which present step-by...

Arlington Antebellum Home and Gardens

Decorative arts museum, built c. 1850. Fine collection of 19th-century furniture, textiles, silver, paintings. Site where Uni...