Photos from the 2025 Pilgrimage Tour of Homes
The Abernethy-Shaw House in 1919 Photos from the the 2025 Talladega Pilgrimage Tour of Homes Photos and Video by A.J. Johnson On April 11-12, 2025 the Abernethy-Shaw House was the 6th stop on the Annual Pilgrimage Tour of Homes. The owners of the house assembled a small cast to present the house as it might have looked it they had lived there in 1919. The theme of the tour was the approval of Women's Suffrage, and the National Women's Party Suffrage Flag was displayed on the front porch. The flag had a star added for each state that ratified the 19th Amendment with Tennessee becoming the state that put the amendment over the top and subject to certification. Replica buttons for women's suffrage were handed out at the beginning of the tour and many of the tour guest chose to wear their buttons to show their support of Votes for Women.. The house was decked in bunting and displayed the Nineteenth Amendment Flag. The owners of the home, Dr. David Steiling and Sarah W...
