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The Edmund Pettus Bridge, named for Edmund Winston Pettus, a Confederate
Confederate States of America

The Confederate States of America formed as the government set up from 1861 to 1865 by eleven Southern United States U.S. state of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S....
 brigadier general
Brigadier General

Brigadier General is the lowest ranking General Officer in some countries, usually sitting between the ranks of Colonel and Major General.The rank can be traced back to the militaries of Europe where a brigadier general, or simply a brigadier, would command a brigade in the field....
, and eventual U.S. Senator
United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper house of the Bicameralism United States Congress, the lower house being the United States House of Representatives....
, is a bridge in Selma, Alabama
Selma, Alabama

Selma is a city in and the county seat of Dallas County, Alabama, Alabama, United States, located on the banks of the Alabama River. The population was 20,512 at the United States Census, 2000....
. It is infamous as the site of the conflict of Bloody Sunday (March 7, 1965), where armed officers attacked peaceful civil rights demonstrators.

The bridge carries U.S.






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Bloody Sunday Officers Await Demonstrators
The Edmund Pettus Bridge, named for Edmund Winston Pettus, a Confederate
Confederate States of America

The Confederate States of America formed as the government set up from 1861 to 1865 by eleven Southern United States U.S. state of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S....
 brigadier general
Brigadier General

Brigadier General is the lowest ranking General Officer in some countries, usually sitting between the ranks of Colonel and Major General.The rank can be traced back to the militaries of Europe where a brigadier general, or simply a brigadier, would command a brigade in the field....
, and eventual U.S. Senator
United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper house of the Bicameralism United States Congress, the lower house being the United States House of Representatives....
, is a bridge in Selma, Alabama
Selma, Alabama

Selma is a city in and the county seat of Dallas County, Alabama, Alabama, United States, located on the banks of the Alabama River. The population was 20,512 at the United States Census, 2000....
. It is infamous as the site of the conflict of Bloody Sunday (March 7, 1965), where armed officers attacked peaceful civil rights demonstrators.

The bridge carries U.S. Highway 80 across the Alabama River
Alabama River

The Alabama River, in the United States state of Alabama, is formed by the Tallapoosa River and Coosa River rivers, which unite about six miles above Montgomery, Alabama....
.

See also

  • Selma to Montgomery marches