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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23XK_the-honorable-john-lewis_Selma-AL.html
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23XJ_in-memory-of-reverend-hosea-williams-sr_Selma-AL.html
Leader of The Selma-Montgomery March "Bloody Sunday", March 7, 1965 He Fed the Hungry "Unbossed and Unbought" 1926-2000 Presented by SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Inc. Women's Organizational Movement for Equality Now Evelyn G. Lowery, Founder…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23XI_honoring-amelia-boynton-robinson-marie-foster_Selma-AL.html
The Selma-Montgomery March "Bloody Sunday", March 7, 1965 Mothers of the Civil Rights Movement Before and Beyond the Bridge Didn't Let Nothing Turn Them Around! Presented by The Evelyn Gibson Lowery Heritage Tour and SCLC/W.O.M.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QKR_joe-t-pilcher-jr_Selma-AL.html
In honor of Joe T. Pilcher, Jr. for his outstanding contribution and service in the establishment and development of the Craig Field Airport and Industrial Authority from its beginning in April 1977 until his death December 30th, 1987.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QK9_lt-gen-nathan-bedford-forrest-monument_Selma-AL.html
Front Defender of Selma Wizard of the Saddle Untutored Genius The First With the Most This monument stands as testament of our perpetual devotion and respect for Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest CSA, 1821-1877, one of the south's fine…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QK6_craig-air-force-base_Selma-AL.html
On May 3. 1941, the largest flying field in the United States, military or civilian, opened its gates as a new unit of the Southeast Air Corps Training Center, where flying cadets received advanced schooling in the handling of multi-mile-a-minute …
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Confederate Army Captain James White was ordered to relocate the old Federal Arsenal from Mt. Vernon, Alabama. By 1865 it consisted of 24 buildings and had over 500 workers including men, women, boys, girls, FMofC and slaves. It made or contracted…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-e1862_r-b-hudson-high-school_Selma-AL.html
This school was the city of Selma's first public high school for African-Americans. Completed in 1949, the school was named in honor of Richard Byron Hudson, a black educator who had served for 41 years as principal of Clark Elementary School, Sel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-f5ae7_last-stronghold-falls_Selma-AL.html
Hardie's Reserve Cavalry Battalion, about 500 strong were ordered to Selma from Talladega. They were placed along the railroad track to the right and Left of the Depot. This makeshift defensive line was made of the railroad bed, the Depot, cotton …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-1db0e_burning-of-downtown_Selma-AL.html
"Of all the nights of my experience, this is most like the horrors of war — a captured city burning at night, a victorious army advancing, and a demoralized one retreating. ...this Sunday night nearly gone, will be remembered. If there is a …
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