Montgomery Day Trip

One great thing about Alabama is that it is rich in historical sights. Jenna and I decided to take a day trip to Montgomery.

The Civil Rights Memorial Center

Honoring the memory and achievements of those who lost their lives during the Civil Rights Movement.

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The Wall Of Tolerance

This is hard to see but this was a dark room with a floor to ceiling screen featuring names of those people who have pledged to take a stand against hate, injustice and intolerance. Those who place their names on the wall make a commitment to work in their daily lives for justice, equality and human rights.

Jenna adding her name to the Wall Of Tolerance

Adding my name

Civil Rights Memorial : A black granite table serves as a fountain as water flows over the names of 40 Civil Rights activists who died in the struggle for Civil Rights. Behind the fountain, more water flows over a black granite wall inscribed with excerpts from the book of Amos quoted by Dr. King.

Names and Faces of those who have lost their lives because of intolerance. These included all different races, religions, gender and age. It amazed me that some of the plaques were dated only a few years ago.


These are some of the many many plaques honoring lives lost in the Civil Rights movement.


I was touched by the story of this mother of five : Liuzzo was horrified by the images of the aborted march on March 7, 1965 at the Edmund Pettus Bridge which became known as "Bloody Sunday". Nine days later, she took part in a protest at Wayne State, then called her husband to tell him she would be traveling to Selma, saying that the struggle, "was everybody's fight."
After the march concluded on March 25, Liuzzo, assisted by Leroy Moton, a 19-year-old African American, helped drive local marchers home in her 1963 Oldsmobile. As they were driving along Route 80, a car tried to force them off the road. A car with four Klan members then pulled up alongside Liuzzo's car and shot directly at her, hitting her twice in the head, killing her instantly. Her car veered into a ditch and crashed into a fence.

Quote from Elie Wiesel :

Elie Wiesel was born in 1928 in Sighet, Transylvania, which is now part of Romania. He was fifteen years old when he and his family were deported by the Nazis to Auschwitz. His mother and younger sister perished, his two older sisters survived. Elie and his father were later transported to Buchenwald, where his father died shortly before the camp was liberated in April 1945.

Outside the capital standing by Idaho flag. (The only one that was completely curled around the flag pole) :)

The Utah flag :)
The home of Martin Luther King

Sooooo cute!!!!