Overall, me and my family enjoyed touring this educational attraction. The existing staff were…read morelovely and did their job well. I do have some notes though. There was a decent amount of outdoor walking required to go through the exhibits. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, I just recommend either bringing a drink or visiting when the weather is cooler. During the walk we encountered a friendly dragonfly, which made it worth it. The village seemed to be understaffed, because only half of the buildings had guides to show us around. For the deserted buildings, we had to guess what things did what. The place we assumed to be the woodcarvers shop looked like there would normally be a staff person there, but their station was empty. this concerned me because we had smaller children in our party, and some of the sharp carving tools were left on the tables. Other than that, staff that were present gave wonderful demonstrations of the profession they represented. Most notably, the weaver and the blacksmith. The weaver walked us through the whole process from the cleaning of cotton to sewing the final fabrics together into clothing. The blacksmith worked in a functional smithery and showed us how they created a metal hook using actual fire and metal tools.

Great place to go back in time. So much fun to explore. The people that work here make the…read moreexperience. It's easy to tell they love to teach and care about this place. You get to go back in time to see how the blacksmith and woodworker functioned, tour the old buildings and learn their stories. It's just a great time.

The day my son left for Boot Camp was one of the saddest days on record in our home. It was…read moreemotional beyond any other event EVER as friends, family and neighbors came to say goodbye drenched in tears. We barely had time to celebrate his high school graduation when he was being picked up by his recruiters and whisked off to a new life. There is nothing like seeing you child leave on a new adventure filled with both excitement and uncertain danger. My heart still beats out of my chest whenever caller ID shows an incoming call from his home base area code. I wanted him to choose a safe Army career as far from conflict as possible. One that might keep him out of direct combat. As we argued back and forth @ MEPS (Military Entrance Processing Station), he held his ground and chose Infantry Airborne. Well, sometime during bootcamp he got introduced to the idea of becoming a Ranger and for the next few months, he went all out to fulfill this goal... and he reached it. He became a United States Army Ranger last Fall. Fast forward to today, where he has now completed all the requirements of becoming a Ranger including one of the most important... Ranger Leadership School. 13 plus grueling weeks of combat training in the worst of conditions where you are expected to maintain mental focus even when physically exhausted. Hurley Hill stadium was filled with proud parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, offsprings and loved ones as 177 Soldiers earned their Ranger qualified badge today. "I'm the" ... brother, dad, mom, wife, daughter and son of a Ranger shirts were everywhere and the pride for our country was incredible as Hall of Fame veteran Rangers stood to be honored during the ceremony. To my surprise, ALL of the armed forces divisions can take this leadership training, including Navy, Airforce and Marines, as well as NATO allies from other countries. We saw soldiers from Finland and the Middle East here as well. All in all, I have enjoyed the many visited we've had to Fort Benning over these last two years of watching our son fulfill his dream. I have not been to very many Military Installations, but Benning is far more that I ever expected a Military Base to be. I thought it would be small and filled with tanks, bunkers and marching soldiers like in the movie Stripes. Although you will see that in various places, largely it just seems like a normal small town with grocery stores, malls, homes, gas stations, barber shops and restaurants just like any other town. Well, just like any other town that has heavily armed checkpoints... lol Posting pictures of Military Bases is discouraged, so I have very few pics to share. However, I did want to show the absolutely beautiful bridge that was just recently completed as you approach the first checkpoint off I-185: http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/fort-benning-fort-benning?select=nXdA0X12KA1JBumNkVgxsg#EVk1-Jy2YcgVD-qaU3PLyw Fort Benning receives 5 stars for being a top facility in producing world class soldiers... one of which I am extremely proud of!

My GPS brought me here by mistake and I had to do a u-turn but the entrance is very beautiful…read more Thank you very much for your service and God bless America.

The police officer was very professional and kind. I had…read moreseen a man walking down my street and started to walk up my drive way. Saw me and a friend sitting on front porch and continue up the hill. Then saw him darting from behind a car straight toward a house a few houses up from mine Knew he was upto no good so I called 911 and the policeman got here and I described the man and what he was wearing,etc. He said he would chk the area and around the nieborhood.

So disappointed in the Macon Rd branch library. I went to see the movie Shaft today and they…read moreshowed the wrong version. We were asked if we wanted to see the originally scheduled one but some people wanted to continue watching the one they started so I didn't say anything. However, this movie was full of filthy language, repeatedly satin the F word and GD word and there were young people in the theater. This was an R rated movie and it was way too Inappropriate for youngsters but their decision,to,show it with an underage audience has really made me lose a lot of respect for them. This was not ok. I got up and left because I was pretty disgusted. Please do better library staff. Thank you

We utilized a space yesterday and the staff was amazing! The room was clean and when we had…read moreissues, they were prompt and professional in correcting the issues. We look forward to hosting future events; our experience was nothing short of amazing.

As Confederate memorial statues go, this one is in unusually good shape. It's taller than many…read morecourthouse‑square soldiers and the condition is remarkably strong for something erected in 1910, with very little visible aging on either the figure or the plinth. The carving remains crisp, the soldier's posture still clear, and even the inscriptions show only modest weathering for a monument that has stood through more than a century of Alabama summers. The original setting for the Lee County Confederate Memorial was the courthouse lawn, where it stood from its dedication in 1911 until its removal in 2020. It's here on what appears to me to be private property not far from the courthouse, so it will likely stand here for some time. The north face reads, "To Our Confederate Dead and Lee County Veterans," the west face carries a stanza adapted from Theodore O'Hara's Bivouac of the Dead, and the east face offers the Lost Cause‑era reassurance "Defeated, yet without a stain." The monument was erected by the Robert E. Lee Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, part of the same wave of early twentieth‑century memorialization that shaped courthouse squares across the South. The whole monument reads more like a historical artifact than an active civic statement. It's a reminder of how these memorials can change meaning when their surroundings change, and how a shift from public to private land can alter the way a community encounters its own past. [Review 285 of 2026 - 268 in Alabama - 25474 overall]