Date: Sun Mar 08, 12:30 PM CST - Sun Mar 08, 3:00 PM CST
Category:
- Community Service
Level:
- Juniors,
- Daisies,
- Seniors,
- Volunteers,
- Cadettes,
- Ambassadors,
- Brownies
This annual event in Selma, Alabama, commemorates "Bloody
Sunday," which occurred March 7, 1965, when a group of about 525
African American demonstrators gathered at Browns Chapel to demand the
right to vote. They walked six blocks to Broad Street, then across the
Edmund Pettus Bridge, where they were met by more than 50 state
troopers and a few dozen postmen on horseback. When the demonstrators
refused to turn back, they were attacked.
The attack,
which was broadcast on national television, caught the attention of
millions of Americans and became a symbol of the brutal racism of the
South. Two weeks later, the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. and 3,200
civil rights protesters marched the 49 miles from Selma to the state
capital, Montgomery-an event that prompted Congress to pass the Voting
Rights Act.
Every year the Bridge Crossing Jubilee, Inc. hosts
the commemoration of this historic event and the struggle for the
right to vote by gathering at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in
a festival of music, art, and historical remembrance.
The League
of Women Voters have invited the Girl Scouts of Southern Alabama to
join them in this year's event.
On Sunday, March 8, Girl Scouts and their families can join the LWV
as they walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in the annual pilgrimage
to Selma where participants will hear personal stories from surviving
freedom fighters from the movement and walk hand in hand with history
makers who were willing to lay down their lives for the right to have
a voice in the country they helped to build.
Girl Scouts and
leaders are asked to wear full uniforms for this event.
Participants taking part in Sunday's march are asked to meet at 12:30 p.m. at a designated location nearby. Those details will be emailed out upon registration.
All registered participants will receive a custom patch to commemorate the event.
Registration Deadline: February 26, 2026
Event Date: March 8,
2026
Event Time: 12:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Event Location:
Selma, Alabama
Girl Price: $5
Adult Price: $5
Cancellation Policy: Refunds will be issued if canceled 14 days prior
to the event.
For more information or questions please email our
Customer Care Team at customercare@girlscoutssa.org
