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§ 1-2-16 — State Song

Alabama § 1-2-16
JurisdictionAlabama
Title 1General Provisions
Ch. 2State Symbols and Honors

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Ala. Code § 1-2-16 (2026).

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The poem “Alabama,” a gift to the people of the state from Julia S. Tutwiler, together with the original music written for such poem by Edna Gockel-Gussen, which music has been approved and adopted by the Alabama Federation of Music Clubs, is hereby adopted as the state song of Alabama.

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Legislative History

(Acts 1931, No. 126, p. 190.)

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