Declaration of Independence

Alabama wasn’t one of the thirteen original colonies that became the United States. That’s not stopping local communities from taking part in the upcoming observance of America’s two hundred and fiftieth anniversary.

Greenwood Cemetery in Tuscaloosa is the final resting place of five verified patriots who fought in the Revolutionary War. The Osher Lifelong Learning Center near the University of Alabama staged a weekend event at the cemetery where re-enactors told stories of some of the people buried here. The five verified Revolutionary War patriots interred at Greenwood include Richard Cunningham, Reuben Jones, Richardson Owen, Samuel Morrow, and Richard Inge.