I'm seeing lots of posts on Twitter calling for renaming the Edmund Pettus Bridge for John Lewis

[highplainsdem]

I agree with them.

Pettus was a Confederate general and grand dragon of the KKK.

Lewis was a true hero, worth remembering forever, while Pettus belongs in the dustbin of history.

[MontanaMama]

1. Let it be.

John Lewis Freedom Bridge.

[Cha]

2. Good Grief.. I wondered who Edmond Pettus was but

I never looked it up.

It would be a Wonderful thing to do if they renamed the Bridge in Honor of our True Hero, John Lewis.

Thank you, hpd

[highplainsdem]

3. Birmingham Times article last month on Rep. Terri Sewell suggesting then the bridge be renamed for

Lewis:


https://www.birminghamtimes.com/2020/06/rep-terri-sewell-supports-renaming-edmund-pettus-bridge/

[highplainsdem]

4. Andrea Mitchell tweet:

Link to tweet

[question everything]

5. Except that in the history of this nation, Edmund Pettus bridge holds a unique

place. I don’t know that John Lewis bridge will invoke the same reaction.

[csziggy]

6. The name can be changed but keep the infamous name in histories about the bridge

"In 1965, John Lewis, for whom the bridge is now named, lead a civil rights march across what was then called the Edmund Pettus Bridge."

My great aunts and uncles lived in the family home a few blocks from that bridge. After 1965, I did not want to go see them since a visit meant driving over the bridge where such atrocities had taken place. Since I have been an adult, I have not returned to Selma - I would if I could stop to honor John Lewis.

[sunflowerseed]

7. That would be Awesome!