Our World, The Terrace View

While thousands of people literally packed the Pettus Bridge on Sunday,

 a few others found the perfect place to view the Bridge Crossing

 in the comfort of chairs on the back terrace of the St. James Hotel.  

Linking to Our World Tuesday

and City Daily Photo Blogs

Monday Murals, The Picture Venue

A local photographer set up a giant picture backdrop Sunday where people 

who attended the 50th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday" could have their photos taken.

 The venue proved very popular!

More photos of the Bridge Crossing Jubilee can be seen

 on Selma, Ala., Daily Photo Facebook page. 

Linking to: Monday Murals

and City Daily Photo Blogs

Friday Fences, Base of the Bridge

A pretty, curved brick fence (or retaining wall) serves as a planter

 and a sign holder at the base of the Pettus Bridge.

Posted at Friday Fences

Pouring Sidewalks on Water Avenue

Workers poured sidewalks on the Water Avenue side of the Selma Interpretive Center this week in advance of this weekend's Bridge Crossing Jubilee.

Looking across the street, you can see part of the St. James Hotel. At the far end, the red Old Depot Museum can be spotted just above the Bradford pear trees.    

Welcome to the Jubilee

If you're heading to Selma this weekend for the Bridge Crossing Jubilee, stop by the Selma Welcome Center on Broad Street for maps, brochures, directions and a big, warm welcome.

The new center is decorated with many local products, art and historic items. Pictured is the Civil Rights Wall display.

The Bridge Display

Selma's new welcome center downtown features walls of history, and on one wall are pictures and paintings of the Edmund Pettus Bridge.

The bridge replaced the old swing-span structure across the Alabama River and opened in 1940 with four lanes! Most people are familiar with its name in civil rights history. Each year, the bridge is the centerpiece of the Bridge Crossing Jubilee held the first weekend in March.

Brown Chapel in Pasta

Here's historic Brown Chapel AME Church "in pasta." The art is another masterpiece of Selma's Vernon Spicer, who also produced the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
This weekend is the 15th annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee, and Brown Chapel, a 1908 Romanesque structure with twin towers, played a big part in the Voting Rights Movement of the 1960s.