Selma, Ala. Daily Photo: Sundown in Lafayette Park

Friday, December 11, 2015

Sundown in Lafayette Park

It's sundown in Lafayette Park, site of Selma and Dallas County's first bridge

across the Alabama River. The Pettus Bridge, lower right, replaced it in 1940.

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3 comments:

fredamans said...: Pretty.; December 11, 2015 at 12:40 PM
genie said...: The flower baskets up high are so pretty in this shot.; December 11, 2015 at 6:39 PM
William Kendall said...: The flower baskets are a welcome sight.; December 12, 2015 at 1:25 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.