{"id":2963,"date":"2021-05-05T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookofdreams.us\/?p=2963"},"modified":"2021-05-02T14:09:03","modified_gmt":"2021-05-02T19:09:03","slug":"when-in-montgomery-alabama-you-must-see-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookofdreams.us\/2021\/05\/when-in-montgomery-alabama-you-must-see-this\/","title":{"rendered":"When in Montgomery, Alabama, You Must See This"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The National Memorial of Peace and Justice. Civil Rights Memorial and vicinity. Riverwalk<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Montgomery. A town easy to love, remember, and admire. This capital town has a charm like no other. History rains down its streets like a black and white film. Here is my list of what you must see when you are here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. The National Memorial of Peace and Justice<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It is free with informative guides to help you around. Carved into its walls is poetry, arisen from the ashes underground are sculptures, or so it seems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Days earlier, we had read names of soldiers at USS Alabama<\/a> and Fort Gaines who served during World War II and the civil war. We had wondered if their descendants proudly visited to see the names shining through the plaques. When the thought about family seeing their relatives’ initials at this memorial crossed my mind, sadness boomed. Broken by state and country, engraved in columns are four thousand and four hundred names of those lynched. As you walk amongst the amber metal columns, regret folds and unfolds: why were there so many names? Why did justice take so long?<\/p>\n\n\n\n