(Source: WSFA 12 News) Tourists traveling into Alabama on interstate highways will soon be greeted by new green and white signs that feature the well-known saying "Welcome to Sweet Home Alabama." ...

Officials on Friday unveiled the new sign, "Welcome to Sweet Home Alabama,"and white signs bearing the message will be erected along interstates and highways ...

The total cost for the new signs is $61,000, he said. Lynyrd Skynyrd recorded several songs in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, but “Sweet Home Alabama” was recorded in Doraville, Georgia, in 1973.