Leaving Ivy Green, the home where Hellen Keller was born June 27, 1880 in Tuscumbia. Born healthy she became blind and deaf at 19 months old following an illness.

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Website : www.alabama.gov
Capital : Montgomery
Highest point : Cheha Mountain, 2,405 feet
Area : 52,423 square miles, 30th largest state
Population : 4,447,100 (2000 US census)
Motto : Audemus jua nostra defendere - We dare defend our rights.
Admitted to Union : December 14, 1819
State Song : "Alabama"
State Bird : Yellowhammer
State Flower : Camellia
State Tree : Southern longleaf pine