Montgomery attended St Paul's School and then the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, from which he was almost expelled for rowdiness and violence.

In 1754, the same year that the French and Indian War began in North America, Montgomery enrolled in Trinity College.

* Montgomery College, one of Maryland's community colleges

Takoma Park is bounded by downtown Silver Spring, Maryland, a major urban center to the northwest, by Montgomery College campus ; East Silver Spring, a community of houses, apartments and small shops, along Flower Avenue and Piney Branch Road, to the north ; Langley Park, Maryland, a community of apartments and shopping centers, along University Boulevard to the northeast ; Chillum, Maryland, in Prince George's County to the southeast, bounded by New Hampshire Avenue, a state highway ; and Takoma, Washington, D. C. to the southwest, separated by Eastern Avenue, which follows the District of Columbia line.

* 1995: Charles Montgomery Monteith, All Souls College

In addition to housing many Alabama government agencies, Montgomery has a large military presence due to Maxwell Air Force Base ; public universities Alabama State University, Troy University ( Montgomery campus ), and Auburn University at Montgomery ; private colleges / universities Faulkner University and Huntingdon College ; high-tech manufacturing, including Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama ; and cultural attractions such as the Alabama Shakespeare Festival and Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts.

Huntingdon College participates at the NCAA Division III level and Faulkner University is a member of the NAIA and is a nearby rival of Auburn University at Montgomery.

Montgomery also is home to several private colleges: Faulkner University, which has an enrollment of 3, 500, is a Church of Christ-affiliated school ; Huntingdon College, which has a current student population of 1, 000 and is affiliated with the United Methodist Church ; Virginia College and Amridge University.

Several two-year colleges also have campuses in Montgomery, including H. Councill Trenholm State Technical College

Branches of Air University based in Montgomery include the Squadron Officer School, the Air Command and Staff College, the Air War College, and the Community College of the Air Force.

Two major motion pictures have been filmed in Montgomery: The Long Walk Home, set during the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and Big Fish, partially shot at Huntingdon College.

* Lonestar College – The Lone Star College System, formerly known as the North Harris Montgomery Community College District, is accredited through the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools ( SACS ).

Montgomery College is a public, open access community college located in Montgomery County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D. C. in the United States.

Montgomery College has an enrollment of nearly 60, 000 credit and noncredit students.

Of the Montgomery County Public Schools graduates who choose to stay in Maryland for college, 60 % attend Montgomery College within the following academic year.

Nevertheless, Montgomery has stated courageously and wisely the crisis of the Western world.

The Alabama River has three lock and dams between Montgomery and the Mobile River.

:* Montgomery, Ohio has a celebration with wine, beer, local restaurants ' fare, pastries, games and bands.

The painting, which was inspired by the Montgomery Bus Boycott, has come to represent " the surge of energy among African Americans to organize in their struggle for full equality.

Notable jazz bassists from the 1940s to the 1950s included bassist Jimmy Blanton ( 1918 – 1942 ) whose short tenure in the Duke Ellington Swing band ( cut short by his death from tuberculosis ) introduced new melodic and harmonic solo ideas for the instrument ; bassist Ray Brown ( 1926 – 2002 ), known for backing Beboppers Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum and Charlie Parker, and forming the Modern Jazz Quartet ; hard bop bassist Ron Carter ( born 1937 ), who has appeared on 3, 500 albums make him one of the most-recorded bassists in jazz history, including LPs by Thelonious Monk and Wes Montgomery and many Blue Note Records artists ; and Paul Chambers ( 1935 – 1969 ), a member of the Miles Davis Quintet ( including the landmark modal jazz recording Kind of Blue ) and many other 1950s and 1960s rhythm sections, was known for his virtuosic improvisations.

However, Michael Montgomery, in From Ulster to America: The Scotch-Irish Heritage of American English, states " In Ulster in recent years it has sometimes been supposed that it was coined to refer to followers of King William III and brought to America by early Ulster emigrants …, but this derivation is almost certainly incorrect … In America hillbilly was first attested only in 1898, which suggests a later, independent development.

** A United States federal judge rules that SCLC has the lawful right to march to Montgomery, Alabama to petition for ' redress of grievances '.

The city also has several upscale regional shopping centers and is one of the major retail hubs in Montgomery County.

In recent years, Montgomery has grown and diversified its economy.

Montgomery has a humid subtropical climate ( Köppen Cfa ), with short, mild winters, warm springs and autumns, and long, hot, humid summers.

Montgomery has long had large metal fabrication and lumber production sectors.

Due to its location along the Alabama River and extensive rail connections, Montgomery has and continues to be a regional distribution hub for a wide range of industries.

Montgomery Zoo, one of only two AZA-accredited zoos in Alabama, has over 500 animals in of barrier-free habitats.

The Symphony has been performing in Montgomery since 1979.

In addition to being the launching point of Hank Williams Sr .’ s career, and the birthplace of Nat King Cole, Clarence Carter, and Tommy Shaw, Montgomery has also seen a few of its rock bands achieve national success in recent years.

Montgomery has many active civic organizations including a number of organizations focused on diversity relations and the city's rich civil rights history.

Montgomery has been the home of Alabama State University, a historically black university, since the Lincoln Normal University for Teachers relocated from Marion in 1887.

Montgomery has one sister city:

Montgomery County lies in a region of well-developed karst topography and has a cave system named Dunbar Cave.

Captain Bernard Montgomery DSO with a fellow officer of 104th Brigade ( United Kingdom ) | 104th Brigade, 35th Division ( United Kingdom ) | 35th Division, with which he served from January 1915 until early 1917

Montgomery served at the Battle of Passchendaele in Autumn 1917 before finishing the war as General Staff Officer 1 and effectively chief of staff of the 47th ( 2nd London ) Division, with the temporary rank of lieutenant-colonel.

In an attempt to clarify the issue, American writer Charles Montgomery Skinner noted in 1898 that the Tom Collins made its way to the " American Bars " in England, France, and Germany, where the American invention stimulated curiosity in Europe and served as a reflection of American art.

When Montgomery and his troops conducted an assault on a collection of plantations along the Combahee River, Tubman served as a key adviser and accompanied the raid.

Richard Montgomery ( December 2, 1738 – December 31, 1775 ) was an Irish-born soldier who first served in the British Army.

Garrett Park is served by the Montgomery County Public Schools.

The Town of Kensington is served by the Montgomery County Public Schools system, specifically:

The city of Montgomery and Montgomery County are served by the Montgomery Public Schools system.

Montgomery is served by seven local television stations: WNCF 32 ( ABC ), WSFA 12 ( NBC ), WCOV 20 ( Fox ), WBMM 22 ( CW ), WAIQ 26 ( PBS ), WMCF 45 ( TBN ), WFRZ-LD 34 ( Religious and Educational ).

The Montgomery area is served by nine AM radio stations: WMSP, WMGY, WNZZ, WTBF, WGMP, WAPZ, WIQR, WLWI, and WXVI ; and nineteen FM stations: WJSP, WAPR, WELL, WLBF, WTSU, WVAS, WLWI, WXFX, WQKS, WWMG, WVRV, WJWZ, WBAM, WALX, WHHY, WMXS, WHLW, WZHT, and WMRK.

An alternative story holds that the County was named for Thomas Montgomery, from Virginia, who served in the Revolutionary War.

Bunting had served as a colonel in the Confederacy during the Civil War before establishing himself in Indianapolis ; General Lew Wallace, who was on the Union side during the War and was a resident of Montgomery County, spoke at the dedication of the cornerstone in 1875.

Captain Glenn Miller served initially as assistant special services officer for the Army Air Forces Southeast Training Center at Maxwell Field, Montgomery, Alabama, in December 1942.

Mitchell served only 19 months of his sentence, at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama, a minimum security prison, before being released on parole for medical reasons.

All three campuses are served by the Montgomery College Libraries system, which has a location at each campus.

The county was named in honor of James Fentress ( 1763 – 1843 ), who served as speaker of the state house, chairman of Montgomery County Court, and commissioner to select seats for Haywood, Carroll, Gibson and Weakley counties in West Tennessee.

Upon completion of Interstate 22, Fultondale will become the only Alabama city besides Birmingham, Montgomery, and Mobile to be directly served by more than one two-digit interstate highway ( I-65 & I-22 ).

Barnesville is served by the Montgomery County Public Schools.

Residents are served by schools in the Montgomery County Public Schools.

Residents are served by the Montgomery County Public Schools.

The town of Chevy Chase Village is served by the Montgomery County Public Schools system.

The community was located halfway between Montgomery Court House ( modern-day Rockville and the mouth of the Monocacy River, and originally consisted of a tavern, a pair of blacksmiths, a wheelwright, a single store, and a log building which served as both a school and the home of several churches.