Selma, Ala. Daily Photo: Prayer at the Gate

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Prayer at the Gate

As many times as I have strolled through Old Live Oak Cemetery, I never noticed this "prayer at the gate" until recently. These comforting words are inscribed in one of the stone pillars on the Selma Avenue side of the graveyard.

2 comments:

Kate said...: I imagine that short prayer could be comforting to many visitors.; January 13, 2010 at 7:14 AM
Lowell said...: Very interesting!; January 13, 2010 at 7:49 PM

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Selma is among the oldest cities in Alabama and has the largest contiguous historic district. It is known for its Civil War and Civil Rights history. The Battle of Selma was one of the last fought in the War Between the States, and the town was a center for the Voting Rights Movement in the 1960s. Today, with a population of about 20,000, Selma is the largest town in the western Black Belt region. The Black Belt, named for the color of its soil, stretches across Central Alabama from Mississippi to Georgia.