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The site of one of the Confederacy's largest arsenals, Selma was largely destroyed by Union forces during the Civil War. It achieved fame in the 1960s for its pivotal role in the first Civil Rights marches led by Dr. Martin Luther King. Despite the deprivations of war, Selma retains a large and impressive historic district of antebellum structures. More than 1,200 buildings (many from the 1820s) survive including Sturdivant Hall Museum (1853), Vaughan-Smitherman Museum (1848), and the Old Depot Museum (1891). Selma's more recent history is memorialized at the National Voting Rights Museum and Institute.
Nearby, you can visit the interpretive park at the ruins of Cahawba, capital of the state from 1820 to 1826 when it was ravaged by floods. Very little of the old city remains beyond the marked outlines of the streets.

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