The Melvin Monument

This handsome monument at the corner of Lauderdale Street and Alabama Avenue 

honors Lt. John Tillman Melvin of Selma. He was among the first to volunteer,

 and he was the first American naval officer killed in World War I. He lost his life

 aboard the U.S. patrol boat Alcedo off the coast of France when it was torpoeded

 by a German submarine on Nov. 5, 1917. An inscription reads, "He gave his life

 that democracy and liberty might live."

Linking to Our World Tuesday and City Daily Photo Blogs

May Theme Day (Statues)

It's Theme Day for the City Daily Photo Blogs, and statues are the subjects. I've posted photos of this statue before, but she's beautiful from all angles, and I took this one for a front view. She can be found in the Jones cemetery plot at Old Live Oak Cemetery.

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