I was born and raised in the great state of Alabama!  Alabama is a southeastern state in the U.S. of A.  Are you familiar with Alabama?
I actually have been a few times, but I do not know much about its history
The nickname of Alabama is the "Yellowhammer State."  In fact, there are a chain of gas stations in and around Alabama called the Yellowhammer.  
When did Alabama become a state?
known as the "Heart of Dixie" and the "Cotton State". The state tree is the longleaf pine, and the state flower is the camellia. Alabama's capital is Montgomery. The largest city by population is Birmingham, which has long been the most industrialized city; the largest city by land area is Huntsville. The oldest city is Mobile, founded by French colonists in 1702 as the capital of French Louisiana.
From the American Civil War until World War II, Alabama, like many states in the
U.S. Route 29 in Alabama
U.S. Highway 29 (US 29), internally designated by the Alabama Department of Transportation as State Route 15 (SR 15), is a southwest-northeast state highway across the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Alabama. US 29 and SR 15 traverse Alabama in a general northeast/southwest slope. It has never been a major route in the state; its significance was completely overshadowed with the completion of Interstate 65 (I-65) and I-85 during the 1970s. Today,