I remember more than eight years ago when I began discovering the Internet and all it’s potential. There was no such thing as a “blogger” back in those days. The best computers were likely still running on 400 cpus, or less, and the idea of audio and video were seriously hampered by immanently slow connection […]
Tag: Huntsville
New Time Capsule Dedication
Huntsville’s official 200th Birthday bash is now officially complete, and finished. On Monday, City officials gathered in Bicentennial Park to dedicate the interment of the Time Capsule for another fifty years, to be opened at the next birthday celebration in 2055.
St. Patrick’s Day Parade 2005
This post re-presented on 03.11.2022 This is one of the slideshows originally presented on the TOCC TV page “Gallery of Galleries.” These photos are from the 2005 St. Patrick’s Day Parade in downtown Huntsville.
Maple Hill Cemetery – Gallery Of Galleries 2005
This photographic essay of historic Maple Hill cemetery isn’t about the bigwigs buried there. During my stroll I tried to capture the ambience and serenity of life’s final stage, with a hopeful tincture for the beyond.
Mary Jane Caylor Acts In Concert With Terrorists; 2005 Time Capsule — Propaganda Tool Of Gestapo
The unearthing of the capsule is the first impropriety as it was orchestrated to follow immediately on the heals of George Bush’s presidential inauguration on January 20th. Literally just two hours after the Republican Bush was sworn in, the Democratic Party time capsule ceremonies began.
Huntsville’s Bicentennial
Click on the photograph for a panoramic showing where the new bicentennial fountain SHOULD be located. Bye Centennial apparently is the correct connotation for the activities and “celebrations” to be associated with Huntsville’s bicentennial year of 2005. As Huntsvillian’s know, Huntsville was first founded in 1805 in and around the Big Spring downtown. There is […]
It’s A Bomb!
Oh, I got it all right. Jose L. Gonzales doesn’t have constitutional rights because he isn’t a United States citizen. Well my friend, neither are you anymore.
A Living Wage For All Municipal Employees
Glenn Watson got pissed off and told him to quit if he didn’t like it, because he was afraid of an employee strike. Councilman Dr. Showers tried to intercede on the workers behalf, and Loretta Spencer called Richard Showers “uppity.”
Relocating The Historic Clemens House | Video
The 165 year old, 600 ton structure that once served as a home to Alabama Senator Jeremiah Clemens (and indigent winos at one point according to some reports), was moved…
Historic Depot Freight Building Fire
Of course, the passenger train hasn’t stopped at the Huntsville Depot for many years, and
although freight trains still run down this track, little freight is downloaded
here anymore either.