The Edmund Pettus Bridge, named after a member of the KKK, should be renamed after John Lewis.

[Drunken Irishman]

Replace these statues and monuments of hate with those who fought the hate and made America a much better country.

[MontanaMama]

1. John Lewis Freedom Bridge.

[Hoyt]

2. Agree completely. That's just starters for this great person.

[Cha]

3. Absolutely!

Link to tweet

[smirkymonkey]

4. +1000

[Withywindle]

5. Absolutely!

Should have been done while he was here to appreciate it, but now's better than never.

[Stinky The Clown]

7. Of course it should. The connection to John Lewis is so much stronger.

Edmund Pettus was a senior officer in the Confederate Army ( <--- means TRAITOR ) who served as a US Senator *and* a KKK Grand Dragon. He deserves scorn, not a bridge named after him.

This is a no brainer.

[mobeau69]

8. I don't think that's a good idea.

First of all it’s an old pos bridge not worthy to have a hero’s name. There are other reasons that I would have difficulty articulating right now.

If it wasn’t the EP Bridge it would have been torn down and replaced long ago. Leave it stand as a reminder of the hate and bigotry that John and other hero’s conquered.

[lastlib]

9. It would be appropriate to tear down the Pettus bridge

and build a new John Lewis Freedom Bridge. Out with the old, worthless POS, in with the new.

[sammythecat]

19. Agree. n/t

[Withywindle]

10. And while we're at it there are a lot of empty pedestals

where statues of racist men used to be. Good time to start honoring Black heroes and heroines. We've had plenty of them, and more coming forward every day.

[KT2000]

11. Yes!!

Certainly that can be done soon.

[OregonBlue]

12. Right on!!

[BadgerMom]

13. Excellent idea!

Who could get this ball rolling?

[dchill]

14. Immediately!

[hlthe2b]

15. YES!

[BumRushDaShow]

16. OH HELL YEAH.

[Duppers]

17. Indeed! 👍

Said so earlier.

Let's honor the truly Honorable.

[Greybnk48]

18. Perfectly appropriate.

For some reason I thought that it was already agreed upon, but maybe I heard someone like the Rev suggest it on a talk show.

[DenverJared]

20. Yes ... absolutely.

[MineralMan]

21. Given that the bridge is in Alabama, and that naming

of the bridge would be a state matter, I doubt that the Alabama legislature and Governor would think highly of that idea, somehow. If Alabama is like most states, naming of bridges and highways is a function the legislature handles, with the Governor signing any such naming.

I believe Alabama is about the last state that would do such a thing, somehow.