Montgomery, AL – The Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum is turning 20 years old this year. Please help us celebrate the Museum’s anniversary by attending a dinner on Saturday, July 25, 2009, at Whitley Hall at Troy University. We’ll also be celebrating Zelda’s 109^th birthday.

As you may know, the Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum, in the historic Cloverdale district, is the only remaining Montgomery residence of the famous couple. F. Scott, author of “The Great Gatsby” and “Tender is the Night,” lived here with Montgomery native Zelda Sayre and their daughter Scottie from 1931 to 1932. The Fitzgerald Museum is the only museum in the world for either Fitzgerald and contains many artifacts from Scott and Zelda's life, including photographs, original letters, various editions of Scott's novels, originals of Zelda's art, and furniture from Zelda’s childhood home. Since 1989, the Museum has drawn thousands of visitors from across the nation and internationally. It is a valuable addition to Montgomery’s historic and cultural heritage.

It almost wasn’t to be. In 1986 the Fitzgerald home, divided into apartments in the late thirties, was threatened with demolition to make way for condominiums. Realtor Martha Cassels warned Alabama attorney Julian McPhillips and his wife Leslie, knowing they shared an interestin the historic landmark. The McPhillips purchased the home to create anon-profit museum, to preserve and celebrate the Fitzgeralds’ unique artistic legacy. An unsung hero, without whom the Museum might not have been, is Sayre Godwin, grandniece of Zelda’s. Sayre has donated many of the Museum’s artifacts and will be honored at the July 25 dinner.

Come help us honor Scott and Zelda and the Museum’s two decades of history by joining us at Troy University’s Whitley Hall, located at 231 Montgomery Street,on Saturday, July 25. Cocktails from the cash bar will begin at 7:00 p.m., anddinner begins at 8:00 p.m. We will have live jazz music, a short presentation,and general good times. Tickets are $35 each. Please RSVP by calling Mike McCreedy at (334) 264-4222 or McDowell Crook at (334) 324-8012.

The Museum is located at 919 Felder Avenue and is open to the public Wednesday through Friday 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.