Selma, Ala. Daily Photo: H for History

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Wednesday, March 7, 2012

ABC Wednesday, H is for History

It's H Week over at ABC Wednesday, and oh my goodness,

there are multitudes of possibilities for HISTORY.

Everything in Selma is historic, and our slogan is "History and Hospitality."

So, since I happened to be at the Old Depot Museum today,

history was everywhere, and I snapped this photo of a few relics on the lawn.

The museum features not only Selma and Dallas County history

but that of the Black Belt region as well.

Posted at ABC Wednesday

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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.