Helen Keller

The Helen Keller Festival is once again coming to the birthplace of the Alabama-native in Tuscumbia to honor the state historical figure. Helen Keller was born in Tuscumbia on June 27, 1880. A childhood illness left Keller both blind and deaf when she was just 19 months old.

Alabama archivists will honor a state historical figure today. Helen Keller was born in Tuscumbia on June 27, 1880. She was a Colbert Country native for the first eight years of her life, living on the Ivy Green homestead with her family until 1888.

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