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The Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama is where hundreds of Americans marched for voting rights in 1965, changing the country forever. Families can walk the bridge, follow the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail, and visit the Lowndes Interpretive Center to hear the full story at every age.
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