Telling Our Story - Birmingham Historical Society

ANNUALREPORTTOTHEMEMBERS2007 Telling Our StoryTelling Our StoryACCOMPLISHMENTS 2007 Continued to grow our Endowment to perpetuate theSociety (latest balance $750,000). Honored Richard for his six decades of ser-vice as an officer, stalwart supporter and wise counselorto the Society , especially its Trustees. Prepared Hand Down Unharmed-Olmsted Files onBirmingham Parks, 1920-1925for publication. Celebrated historic and contemporary efforts to buildurban parks, holding our Annual Meeting at theBotanical Gardens with Tupper Thomas, Director ofProspect Park as our speaker. Organized Preservation Awards, celebrating the excitingefforts of many people to preserve our community s special places. Conducted Downtown Discovery Tours for school children. Hosted the annual heritage Society party at a distin-guished residence. Helped organize Turning On Alabama-Photographs andArtifacts from the Collections of the Alabama PowerCompany and the Alabama Historical Radio Society , anexhibition at the Birmingham Public Library Gallery.

The Society celebrated our civil rights heritage with completion of National Register and World Heritage nomina-tions and marker dedications. The First

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