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Name change for Birmingham International Airport?

That is what was proposed by Mayor Larry Langford earlier today during the City Council meeting. He said that he would be asking the Birmingham Airport Authority to rename the current facility for civil rights icon the Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth.

Aerial of Seibels/Bryan - Birmingham International Airport. Photo: Bob Farley/f8photo.org

Aerial of Seibels/Bryan Birmingham International Airport. Bob Farley/f8photo

The proposal would change the name from the current, seldom used one – Seibels/Bryan – Birmingham International Airport (for former Birmingham mayor George Siebels and Brother Bryan. (No, we didn’t know either until we did the research ourselves…)

A look back: March 20

1863:

Brother Bryan was born.

2003:

HealthSouth and its founder and CEO Richard Scrushy were accused by the SEC of an accounting scandal.

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A look back: January 28

1941:

Brother Bryan died.

2005:

The Freshwater Land Trust announced that they were raising funds to purchase property for the Red Mountain Park.

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