Semicentennial of Birmingham

Birmingham’s Golden Anniversary celebrations took place from October 24-27, 1921. Most of the festivities that took place during the four-day celebration occurred in Woodrow Wilson Park, now Linn Park. Some of the events included a floral parade complete with a queen and a beauty pageant in the park. The highlight of the celebration included was a visit by then-current United States President Warren Harding and the First Lady on October 26. His motorcade rolled through downtown with Wilson Park being the final destination, where he would deliver a speech to the citizens of Birmingham. After the speech, the President laid the cornerstone of the grand Temple Theatre, which was later demolished to make way for the AmSouth-Harbert Center.

References

• Birmingham Area Chamber of Commerce (1976) Century Plus: A Bicentennial Portrait of Birmingham, Alabama 1976 Birmingham: Oxmoor Press, p. 16.