Donna Castellano
February 10th, 2025
Educating the freedmen: The hallowed ground of Rust Institute
A measure of your time as a Huntsville resident might be if you remember 801 Franklin St. as the site [Read More]
February 20th, 2023
Brick by Brick: Constructing the history of Henderson and Daniel Brandon
Editor’s note: This blog was written by Historic Huntsville Foundation Executive Director Donna Castellano. Learn more about Brick by Brick: [Read More]
October 17th, 2022
From pedestal to platform: Celebrating the transformative life of Huntsville’s Alice Boarman Baldridge
Editor’s Note: This guest blog was written by Historic Huntsville Foundation Executive Director Donna Castellano. The Historic Huntsville Foundation’s FREE [Read More]
May 6th, 2022
Dr. Frances Roberts made big impact as early Huntsville preservationist
Editor’s Note: This blog was written by Historic Huntsville Foundation Executive Director Donna Castellano. If you’ve walked the streets of [Read More]
March 7th, 2022
Breaking new ground: Lou Bertha Johnson in Jim Crow Alabama
Editor’s note: This blog was written by Historic Huntsville Foundation Executive Director Donna Castellano in celebration of Women’s History Month [Read More]
February 1st, 2022
‘Hidden Figures’ no longer: Celebrating Huntsville’s Black suffragists
Editor’s Note: This guest piece was written by Historic Huntsville Foundation Executive Director Donna Castellano. This past October, our City [Read More]
September 21st, 2020
Lifting as they climbed: Celebrating Huntsville’s first Black women voters
Following the ratification of the 19th amendment in 1920, more than 100,000 Alabama women registered to vote, including 1,373 Madison [Read More]
May 4th, 2017
Paying our respects at Glenwood Cemetery
Those buried in Glenwood Cemetery have a history unlike any other in our city. An African American Cemetery founded by [Read More]