Traditional Hank Williams’ New Year’s Eve vigil continues in Montgomery

The Hank Williams Museum in Montgomery will  commemorate the New Years Day death of Hank Williams on Saturday December 31  and January 1st.

The Saturday get together starts at 3pm at the Museum. At 11:30 the group will parade to the downtown Hank Williams’ statue for a ceremony.

Then at 10am Sunday morning, the 59th anniversary of Hank Williams’s death, participants will gather at the Oakwood Cemetery gravesite for a wreath laying and memorial service. The group will return to the museum at noon for black eyed peas, a tradition.

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