Aroine was 19 years old when the march to Montgomery took place. Today, he does 4 tours of the
Capitol building on Saturdays. The
building is now mostly a museum, except for the Office of the Governor Robert
Bentley and his primary staff.
As we walked around the building listening to the history of
the building, interspersed with his take on the events, it became apparent that
he believes that he is living in the best time in history. For Aroine, who grew up in Alabama during the difficult 50’s and 60’s,
today is like a cakewalk. He truly believes that living nowadays are the best days of his life.
Among the things that happened were his listening to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speak
He was present on the Edmund
Pettus Bridge
on Bloody Sunday
He marched from Selma to Montgomery
He later was educated at University
of Alabama
He was an educated in Aeronautical
engineering at Tuskegee Institute. He would use this education to join the
United States Air Force in which he served for over 20 years.
His service included time flying F4's in Vietnam.
He ended up working for
Gov. George Wallace who as many remember was about "segregation today, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever"
Upon Aroine's retirement he went back to college to obtain his
PhD in History.
He now works for the Alabama Historical Commission, Capitol Division.
It was truly a privilege and honor to meet someone who took part in the civil rights movement.
Today we took off for Selma Alabama where the historic events of March 7, 9 and 21 to 25 started.
The Brown Church where the March 21st to 25th, 1965 began.
The Edmund Pettus Bridge...site of Bloody Sunday.
Rosa Parks famous bus stop location
And not to forget, Alabama is rich in Civil War history.
A late afternoon meal at Wintzell's Oyster House led to a couple of pics of humorous sayings.
Finally got a pic of Grammie and her Easter Bonnet
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