Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood is arguably one of the most beloved shows in the history of television. Fred Rogers epitomized the wholesome goodness that humanity as a whole could only hope to achieve. But, even as he melodically asks “won’t you be my neighbor,” what does it mean to be a neighbor?
What immediately comes to mind for most is the person living next door or across the street. But what about the person next to you in traffic? Or perhaps the gentleman standing next to you in line at the grocery story? Maybe it’s the newest hire sitting at a desk down the hall from you?
Depending on what you’re doing or where you’re at, your “neighbor” changes from moment to moment and every one of them has a story and history all their own.
Those stories are what makes us each unique. They are also what make neighbors a neighborhood. When those stories are told and shared, it tells the one-of-a-kind history that is Walker County.
From Carbon Hill to Dora and Nauvoo to Oakman and everywhere in between, people across our diverse county have stories that have yet to be told or heard. The Community Journal is committed to telling those stories.
As you read the stories of our people and our community, hopefully you will discover a little more about what makes this neighborhood so special to all of us who live here.
“Neighbors are people who are close to us
And friends are people who are close to our hearts
I like to think of you as my neighbor and my friend”
– Fred Rogers, “Mr. Rogers Neighborhood”
