A crowd watches teams spray each other with fire hoses during a 1940s water battle in downtown Florala, Covington County.
Water Battle with Fire Hoses in Florala
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Courtesy of the Alabama Department of Archives and History
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A crowd watches teams spray each other with fire hoses during a 1940s water battle in downtown Florala, Covington County.