In all honesty, I really did not know much about the historical town of Selma. I was pleasantly surprised by it’s southern architecture and river bend views. Yet, the historical significance of Selma, shows our country’s struggles for change and wounds that are still in the process of healing. Through these photos, I hope to show some of the highlights of Selma’s history...
This here is the bridge entering into Selma which used to be known for manufacturing military supplies including confederate warships.
The St. James Hotel was originally owned by Jessie James' mistress. It is located right on the river bend.
Oh, if only these homes could talk...
Lastly, we made a quick stop by the cemetery where William R. King is buried. He is known for naming the town of Selma and for being Vice President to former President Franklin Pierce (he is also known to be the shortest serving vice president).
Now, there is still so much to share about Selma: The 1965 Selma Voting Rights Movement & the Selma to Montgomery Marches. If you get the chance, please read about it because it shares a bit about American history. I wish I had the time to write about it in this post but unfortunately time is not on my side to do so.
these pictures and amazing! I love all the old houses, what personality they have!
ReplyDeleteWow! Your photos are gorgeous! I love the ones of the old homes, but your last one of the trees is also beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWow fantastic pictures!
ReplyDeleteoH pretty pictures! I woul love to be there and take some photos of me! lol.
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Beautiful pictorial.
ReplyDeleteI lovelovelove to visit towns like these! they're full of such history and you can feel it in the air and see it in the structure of the buildings... and it looks so peaceful! you took amazing pictures of this place :)
ReplyDeleteSelma to me is the most beautiful city of Alabama, also the one with the richest history..
ReplyDeleteThe bridge is known worldwide for the famous march.
see www.nps.gov : "On "Bloody Sunday," March 7, 1965, some 600 civil rights marchers headed east out of Selma on U.S. Route 80. They got only as far as the Edmund Pettus Bridge six blocks away, where state and local lawmen attacked them with billy clubs and tear gas and drove them back into Selma. Two days later on March 9, Martin Luther King, Jr., led a "symbolic" march to the bridge. Then civil rights leaders sought court protection for a third, full-scale march from Selma to the state capitol in Montgomery"
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ur pictures are so beyond .. wow..
ReplyDeleteLooks like a neat and tidy place. It's always good to learn a lesson or two in history!
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Wow, those houses with the wrap around porches and the columns are so beautiful and yes, if only their walls could talk, I wonder what they would say; the things they must have seen. The weeping willows and the foilage are so lush! Great shots!
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looks beautiful like from a dream
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ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing - I am enjoying my virtual tour. I know when I walk around Irish and English villages and castles I get a little shiver down my spine as I think - this is my heirtage:):0
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Selma is such a beautiful and even sligthyl mysterious name too! I know that for me, it always adds to the experience :)
ReplyDeleteLovely places :)
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Great pics and fab those old and nostalgic hauses
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures! I've fallen in love with those wonderful houses!!! It's incredible how much is behind any town...
ReplyDelete@ Julie {love, julie}: I agree; each home has it's own personality :)
ReplyDelete@ Andrea B.: The one with the trees are my favorites!!
@ Sailor: Thanks :)
@ deppa: Oh, you should head down there and take some photos of yourself; totally worth the trip ;)
ReplyDelete@ Vidhya: Thanks
@ Julie Iliana: Selma is an amazing town with so much history...
@ This is Belgium: I wish I was able to write about to write more about about the history, specifically about the march. Thank you so much for posting this information in my comment.
ReplyDelete@ Mehjabeen Arif: I'm so glad you enjoyed them :)
@ Duncan D. Horne: I agree; the hope is to not make the same mistakes that were made in history...
hello! thanks for stopping by me so i could find you. nice post. wish i could go here too! hope you had a good weekend
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unfortunatelly it's the first time for me to hear for this beautiful city!:( thank u so much for sharing these amazing pics!!!
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Love the grillwork in the 2nd pic!!!
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what a lovely place!!!
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@ Baby Budget Blog: Thanks; I love the weeping will shots too :)
ReplyDelete@ mac-and-me: It does look like a dream when you see it in person...
@ Olga W.: I know what you mean; loved visiting castles and places when I was in Ireland and Scotland...
@ Julia, the Thanksgiving Girl: Selma does have a bit of mystery to it...
ReplyDelete@ S.: I agree that they are lovely places :)
@ dressingup-everyday: Thanks!
@ Martina: I love the architecture of the houses :)
ReplyDelete@ ediot: Thanks for stopping by!!
@ *chameleon*: I was happy to share them with you :)
@ Mitr Friend - Bhushavali: The details are so intricate...
ReplyDelete@ k come karolina: It is a lovely place with so much potential :)
great pictures!
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Wow wow wow! Those are such stately homes, so stunning! Glad to know Southern glamour still exists. Fantastic photographs, thanks for sharing!
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Great picture!! Thanks for sharing :D
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