Secretary of State Rice Visits Tuscaloosa
Mayor Maddox presents his first Key to the City
Mayor Maddox presented his first Key to the City to Condoleezza Rice as she arrived in Tuscaloosa on October 12, 2005. A host of High School Bands and elementary students holding signs and banners welcomed Secretary of State Rice along with British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw. The two dignitaries attended many events while staying in the Tuscaloosa-Birmingham area, including the Alabama – Tennessee football game. Secretary Rice’s primary purpose of the visit was to be the keynote speaker for the annual Frank A. Nix lecture at the University of Alabama’s Blackburn Institute luncheon.
