On this day in 1963 the 16th Avenue Baptist Church was bombed. Lest we forget our own history.

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5. The Four Spirits Memorial.

Sep 15, 2013 BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC) -

More than 200 people turned out for the unveiling of the "Four Spirits" sculpture in Kelly Ingram Park on Saturday.

The "Four Spirits" was created as a memorial to the four little girls that died in the 16th Street Church bombing in 1963: Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carolyn Robertson and Cynthia Wesley.

Carolyn McKinstry, a survivor of the bombing, opened the unveiling ceremony with a prayer at Kelly Ingram Park, across the street from the church.

"Teach us forgiveness, oh God. Teach us in the memory of four innocent girls taken from us too soon," McKinstry prayed.

Relatives of all those who lost their lives at the bombing plus the family of two young boys murdered that day, Virgil Ware and Johnny Robinson, attended the ceremony. The only living parents of the little girls, Chris and Maxine McNair, were also there.

The six doves being released stand for each of the four girls and
two boys killed the same day, Virgil Ware and Johnny Robinson