History and Traditions

Learn about the people and culture, holidays and events, manners and etiquette, and cooking and food that are a part of the South’s history and traditions.

May 4, 2025 · 1 min · 4 words · Catherine Sanchez

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Kentucky Derby

Young children sit on the grass with their Easter goodies.

Full Frame Shot Of Violins At Shop

Daisy King

Southern Living Kentucky Benedictine Sandwiches on a tray to serve

Masters Gnome

Scan your family photos

Sundays at the Rancho in Homestead, Florida. Guests are seated at 2 long tables under canopies that run through the center of the farm

advent calendar

BROTHER AND SISTER DECORATING FIREPLACE with stockings FOR CHRISTMAS

Southern Living Chocolate Birthday Cake on a cake plate to serve

Cradle gardens at Elmwood Cemetery in Memphis

LSU vs. Auburn Football

Southern back to school traditions

poppies

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter

Two bottles full of 18th century cherries were discovered in a storage pit in the cellar.

Lyndon B Johnson

Photo of Tammy Wynette, Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton performing together, circa 1980

Otis Redding Museum

Lavaca BBQ

Brennan’s

Gold Christmas ornament Chrismon Cross on the tree

St. Nicholas boots

red bird

Big Texas at Texas State Fair

Auburn Fans Football 1968

Kentucky. State Librarian, Archives and Records Management Division – Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

Peony and tulip door swag flower arrangement

Home exterior and two dogs

handwritten recipe card for Peanut Butter Fudge

Woman smelling roses in garden

STEEL MAGNOLIAS Wedding

Bride and groom digging up bottle of bourbon

Rick Bragg and His Mother

Christina Lynch porch

Vintage Christmas Ornaments

Threading a Needle

It’s Especially Lucky Charm Jewelry

MAN IN THE MOON, Reese Witherspoon, 1991

Welcome to Arkansas ‘The Natural State’ roadtrip sign

Texas Homecoming Mums

Girlfriend getaway

Fall Tablescape with Pumpkins and Candles

Molly Bolton Handwritten Recipe Card

Two women gossiping

Southern Living Easy Black Eyed Peas in a bowl to serve

South Carolina Gullah artist Andrea Cayetano Jefferson holds a sweetgrass basket she sewed.

Southern Living - Chick-fil-A style image

home cook with spoon

Sterling Silver Spoon And Fork Tied With A Ribbon

CRACKER BARREL

Three Kings Epiphany

Pink Tile Bathtub

Little Debbie statue

Morrison’s Cafeteria

Baby 1st birthday cake

Palm Sunday

white rotary phone on table

Easter children

Old-School Squash Casserole in a green casserole dish

Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip on Wedding Day

Little Boy at IAAM