USS Jallao Veterans Association

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Fellowship

Barbecue Sandwiches, etc.

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Bus Tour of Downtown Tuscumbia

· Tour “The Winston Home”

· Drop off at Ivy Green (Birthplace of Helen Keller)

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· Drop off at Tuscumbia Railroad Depot Museum

· OR stay on bus & enjoy the ride

$2 – Tuscumbia Railroad Depot Museum

(Bus cost this morning compliments of donation from Dave & Janet Rocheville)

Claunch Café – semiprivate group seating reserved on the enclosed “front porch”

And

1:00 p.m.

· Wilson Dam Lock Tour (1:30)

· Memorial Service at Veterans’ Park (3:00)

Group Picture

· The Marriott 360 Grille/Rennaisance Tower for views and desserts or wine (4:00)

· Wreath Service @ the Tennessee River @ McFarland Park (5:30)

And

Bus pickup at

Claunch Café – 1:00

Note: need photo ID and comfortable shoes for Wilson Dam Lock tour. The Army Corps of Engineers’ rules say “no high-heel or open-heel shoes (tennis shoes recommended).”

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Sight-seeing carpools

· Belle Mont Mansion

· Muscle Shoals Sound Studio Museum

· Alabama Music Hall of Fame

· Joan – leads carpool to Muscle Shoals Sound Studio (opens at 10:00) 3614 Jackson Highway, Sheffield

· Ala. Music Hall of Fame (opens at 9:00) – across highway from Hotel

· Muscle Shoals Sound Studio Museum – $13

· Ala. Music Hall of Fame – $8

To

2:30

Rattlesnake Saloon: have lunch in a “saloon” or outside under a natural, historic, huge rock bluff used as a native Indian shelter –

under the bluff

GROUP PICTURE

(a 25 minute drive – 17 miles through the Colbert County countryside)

to 7:30

5:30 to 7:00

Sight-seeing (riding tour):

· City of Sheffield & Riverfront Park

· Indian Mound Museum in Florence (some may not want to go in the museum but will opt to stay on the bus or get out and walk around)

· University of North Alabama in Florence (Lion Habitat for two African Lion mascots, historic buildings) – Light walking involved (or some may choose to stay on the bus)

· Bus Tour of Downtown Florence (riding only/occasional stop)

· Court St.

· Wood Ave.

· Walnut Ave. Historic District

· Rosenbaum Home (a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed house)

· W. C. Handy Home

· Pope’s Tavern

· Dinner in groups or individually at your choice of restaurant in downtown Florence

5:30 – 7:00 Dinner on your own at any downtown Florence restaurant on Court Street:

1) Jimmy John’s (sandwich shop) – 101 N. Court St.

2) ***City Hardware (American cuisine) – 105 N. Court St.

3) **Pie Factory (pizza & more) – 106 N. Court St.

4) ***Ricatoni’s (Italian) –

107 N. Court St.

5) On the Rocks – 110 N. Court St.

6) Odette (Fine dining) – 120 N. Court St.

7) **Rosie’s Cantina (Mexican) – 302 N. Court St.

8) FloBama (casual food w/local music) – 311 N. Court St.

9) *306 Barbecue – 322 Court St.

10) Subway (sandwich shop) – 401 N. Court St.

5:30 – Bus can take any who do not want to stay in Florence for dinner back to the hotel and will come back to Florence later to pick the others up at 7:00 after dinner.

After dinner, Bus pick up around 7:00 p.m. at the brick covered crosswalks in the center of each block on Court Street.

Dinner – on your own

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(variety of prices at the restaurant of your choice)

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* Plans for 2021 Reunion * Finances * The Jallao Reunion 50/50 Lottery drawing takes place this morning!

Mason Matthews (Athens, Alabama)

Topic: “My Grandfather, Skipper Matthews” (World War I Vet)

(a proud adult grandson’s view of his grandfather’s U.S. Navy Submarine Service legacy)

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4:30 p.m.

(Sheffield and Florence)

BOAT RIDE ON THE TENNESSEE RIVER (PICKWICK LAKE)

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BUS HOP OFF & ON TOURS

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Rosenbaum Home Museum

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Bus Hop Off & On Tour Options (choose 2):

· Muscle Shoals Sound Studio Museum
W. C. Handy Home (“Father of the Blues”)

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· Pope’s Tavern

· Or…just come along for the free ride and views!

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· 3:00 or so – Rosenbaum Home Museum (a “Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home with Usonian architecture)

(some may choose not to go in museum but will stay on bus or walk around)

· Muscle Shoals Sound Studio Museum – $13

· Rosenbaum Home – $5

· W. C. Handy Home – $5

· Pope’s Tavern – $5

Group Picture

during cocktail time

6:30 – Cocktail time

7:00 – Banquet begins 8:00 – Entertainment

9:30 – Bus to Hotel

Catered by: Chef Alan Phillips from “The Red Clay Table” restaurant, Sheffield

Entertainment:

Music by Thomas Martin & Friends

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