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CSS ALABAMA CANNON
 One of the guns of the Confederate raider CSS ALABAMA has been delivered to The Museum of Mobile. The cannon will be a welcome addition to recovered artifacts the Museum already has on loan from the U.S. Navy. It will become the centerpiece in the 700 square foot exhibit gallery funded by the Mobile Museum Board that will open later this summer. The Public is invited to see the gallery come together as artifacts are moved into place.
The gun is one of eight guns that were originally on the deck of the CSS ALABAMA. The CSS ALABAMA sank in about 200 feet of water off Cherbourg, France after an engagement with the Union's USS Kearsage on June 19, 1864. The gun is approximately 10 feet long and weighs 5000 pounds (2 ½ tons).
"In 2003 French and American divers recovered this cannon from the wreck of the CSS ALABAMA after being underwater 140 years," said Robert Edington, "Since then, the cannon has been conserved by underwater archaeologists at the Warren Lasch Conservation Center in North Charleston, S.C. and then moved to Mobile. Its original gun carriage had completely rotted away and had to be replaced. The replacement was constructed by experienced craftsmen from Mobile Public Buildings. The original plans for the gun carriage, dated May 1862, were located in England and copied exactly."
 Now is a great time to come visit the Museum of Mobile. This opportunity that we have to see an original cannon artifact is a great chance to see a little piece of history. David Alsobrook, director of the Museum of Mobile said, "I think anyone who's interested in Confederate Naval history and Admiral Semmes will enjoy seeing this exhibit." |
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American Red Cross Blood Drive
 The Museum of Mobile will be hosting a Blood Drive on July 7th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the classroom. With our help, the largest single supplier of blood and blood products in the United States, the American Red Cross, hopes to have at least 25 blood donors. Blood donation is a simple four-step process: registration, medical history and mini-physical, donation and refreshments. Every 2 seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood, and more than 38,000 blood donations are needed each day. Come out and help the Museum of Mobile support the American Red Cross. You can save up to 3 lives by donating blood, so don't miss this opportunity to help your community by going to redcrossblood.org to make your appointment. |
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CARVER EXHIBIT EXTENDED
 The Museum of Mobile is very excited to announce the extension of the George Washington Carver Exhibit. The exhibit has been extended, but hurry, it closes July 11th.
Many people today only know George Washington Carver from the myths surrounding his name. He did not invent peanut butter, nor did he create 300 new products from peanuts; the truth about Carver is much more interesting than the myths. He was a man with a fascinating life story and an unquenchable thirst for knowledge, who overcame tremendous odds to become one of America's most versatile scientists. This complex and intimate portrait of one of America's best known names- and least studied men- follows Carver's entire life and career, revealing both his struggles and his remarkable achievements as scientist, conservationist, educator, and humanitarian. It brings together more than one hundred artifacts from Carver's personal life and work, along with animated and live videos, interactive displays, a diorama of Carver's childhood farm, and a re-creation of the Jesup wagon, his mobile classroom.
The exhibition is organized by The Field Museum in collaboration with Tuskegee University and the National Park Service. In Mobile, it is sponsored, in part, by the Alabama Association of Resource Conservation and Development Councils, ALFA Insurance Company, Alabama Power Foundation, The Crampton Trust, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Alabama, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Mobile County Commission. |
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