A perfect day for a parade and the former
students of Trinity High School were all on hand to
celebrate.
Representing each year was a vehicle of
former student from 1953-1973, a Grand Marshall and a float
of Grillin and Chillin graduates from 1963!
Trinity was built on the Fort Henderson Site
which was established in 1863 by federal forces occupying
Athens, the fort, situated on Coleman Hill, was a five-sided
earthen fort with some frame buildings and underground
bomb-proofs.
The school educated black students from 1930
through the 1970s and was the first school in the northern
half of the state to provide kindergarten instruction for
blacks. Among its most prominent students was world renown
singer Patti Malone. Museum (under development) will tell
the story of slavery in antebellum times in Athens and
showcase history of Trinity School. All three sites are
listed on the Alabama Register of Historic Places.
Information taken from
www.alabama.travel/alabama-attractions/fort_henderson_site.html
