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Florence, Alabama

The City of Florence was founded in 1818 on the banks of the beautiful Tennessee River in the scenic Northwest corner of Alabama. Florence, Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, Tuscumbia, and two counties, Lauderdale and Colbert, comprise the Shoals area. Florence and the Shoals has a population of over 140,000 and offers the experience of a small Southern town, including a generous helping of Southern hospitality, with all the amenities of a large city. Florence boasts a state-of-the-art conference center, a beautiful marina and harbor, a restored downtown area, a beautiful municipal golf course and a technologically advanced library. Florence, and the entire Shoals area, is the perfect place to live, work, retire, and visit. The Shoals area is fortunate to have several museums. What is unique about a children's museum is that the exhibits and programs are geared specifically to the developmental stages and needs of children. There are 38,000 children 18 and under in the surrounding three-county area. The purpose of the Children's Museum of the Shoals is to further classroom education and compliment existing cultural and educational resources. One of the oldest structures in Florence, Pope's Tavern served as a stagecoach stop. tavern and inn, and as a military hospital during the Civil War - serving both the Blue and the Gray alike. The City purchased the house in 1965 from the Lambeth family who had owned it since 1874 and used it as a home. It is now a museum furnished with interesting 18th and 19th century antiques, artifacts from the early history of Florence and from the Civil War period. Pope's Tavern hosts an annual "Frontier Day Celebration" the first weekend in June. This festival includes educational demonstrations, arts and crafts of the pioneer period, and dulcimer music. Participants wear costumes typical of the period.
Ancient, Authentic, Historic - The Florence Indian Mound is the Tennessee Valley's largest domiciliary mound. The mound in Florence is a typical example of the work of those mysterious early Indians who discovered Alabama before the Cherokee and the Chickasaws, indeed before the mighty Creek nation occupied the lands stretching from the Tennessee River to the Gulf of Mexico. The quadrilateral mound is 42 feet high and has a base diameter of approximately 310 feet northeast by east to southwest by west, and 230 feet southeast by south to northwest by north. The measurement on the summit is approximately 145 feet by 94 feet. Early settlers in the region found steps on the east side and discovered that it had been enclosed by an earthen wall which began on the downstream end of the mound, encircling it to a point on the river's upstream side. The cultural center for Florence, Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts is a gallery, an educational facility, a museum, and a center for the coordination and promotion of cultural activity throughout the Shoals. Given to the City by Hiram K. Douglass, the Center offers workshops and classes for all arts disciplines, and for all ages. Arts Alive is the annual juried fine arts & crafts festival and exhibition sponsored by the Center and its Volunteers, and is held each May at the center and Wilson Park. Every year since 1990, right after Thanksgiving, two NCAA Division II football teams meet in Florence, Alabama, to battle it out and determine the national champion for the year. The football game takes place at Braly Stadium, but it’s not the only event of the weekend; the downtown Florence Christmas Parade is held this weekend, and a special awards banquet honors the best player in Division II by giving him the Harlon Hill Award. The city looks forward to the game for months in advance, and it’s a great time to come and experience southern hospitality at its best. For food visit any of Florence's own Princeton’s Restaurant, Ricatoni's Italian Grill or Stephano’s Little Italy all great places to eat. After eating take a trip to Regency Square Mall where they offer several great nationally known stores and The Downtown Shopping District which has lots of specialty shops, antique stores and more!

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