PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release

Media Contact: Mary Amelia Taylor

maryamelia.taylor@archives.alabama.gov

Montgomery, AL (11/05/2026) – The Alabama Department of Archives & History (ADAH) will continue its monthly Food for Thought lunchtime lecture series on Thursday, November 19, 2026, at 12:00pm CT. Billy Croslow, a retired Army officer with service from the final parts of the Cold War through the Global War on Terror, will present Army Aviation in the Heart of the South. The program will be held in the Archives’ Joseph M. Farley Alabama Power Auditorium in Montgomery. It will also be livestreamed on the ADAH’s Facebook page and YouTube channel. The program is FREE and open to the public.

Croslow serves as the U.S. Army Aviation Branch Historian at the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence at Fort Rucker. His presentation will give a brief history of the Fort Rucker installation and how Army Aviation became part of the Wiregrass community. He will also discuss historically significant items at the Army Aviation Museum and how the Army uses the study of history to prepare leaders for the rigors of combat. 

For additional information, contact Savannah Gunther at savannah.gunther@archives.alabama.gov or (334) 353-1881. A complete schedule of our 2026 lunchtime lecture series is available at archives.alabama.gov. Food for Thought 2026 is sponsored by the Friends of the Alabama Archives.

The Alabama Department of Archives and History is the state’s government-records repository, a special-collections library and research facility, and home to the Museum of Alabama, the state history museum. It is located in downtown Montgomery, directly across Washington Avenue from the State Capitol. The Museum of Alabama is open Monday through Saturday from 8:30 to 4:30. The EBSCO Research Room is open Tuesday through Saturday from 8:30 to 4:30. To learn more, visit www.archives.alabama.gov or call (334) 242-4364.