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The nickname for Alabama is Yellowhammer State, due to the bright yellow bands that decorated the uniforms of some of the confederate soldiers. So amusing and interesting were their coats, that the name yellowhammer was used for the whole A...
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The nickname for Alabama, "Yellowhammer" comes from the civil war. It refers to the shiny new yellow cloth sewed to the uniforms of a fresh cavalry from Huntsville. Upon joining some veterans who had worn out uniforms one soldier ...
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Capone received his infamous facial scars and the nickname "Scarface" when he insulted a woman and was attacked by her brother.
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MOBILE, Ala. -- Today, I'm going to fill you in on some fun Mobile facts. Let's start with an interesting tidbit relating to the USS Alabama. A reader, Clarence Thomas, picked up on the fact that the media were referring to the pirated Maer...
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Heart of Dixie
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The Yellowhammer State and the Heart of Dixie.
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Alabama has no official nickname and is the only state that lacks one however The Heart of Dixie is often used and once it was on the State's vehicle license plate.
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・ John Glenn. ・ Miguel Cervantes. ・ Scarface. ・ Television. ・ hand grenade. ・ Larry. ・ Marshall Mathers & Mathers. ・ Henry McCarty. Although best known by the alias William H. Bonney, which he used as his legal name, research ... ・ 71 P...
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The Heart of Dixie. " The Heart of Dixie " was a phrase developed in the 1940s and 1950s by the Alabama Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber sought a more distinctive slogan for their state and promoted that "Alabama is geographi...
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In his teens, Capone was hired by Torrio and his partner, Frankie Yale, and a bouncer in a saloon-brothel they ran in Brooklyn. It was here that Capone picked up his moniker of "Scareface Al," after his left cheek was slashed in a...
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