[PAR] [TLE] Edmund Pettus Bridge [SEP] The Edmund Pettus Bridge is a bridge that carries U.S. Route 80 Business (US 80 Bus.)  across the Alabama River in Selma, Alabama.  Built in 1940, it is named after Edmund Winston Pettus, a former Confederate brigadier general, U.S. Senator from Alabama and Grand Dragon of the Alabama Ku Klux Klan.  The bridge is a steel through arch bridge with a central span of 250 ft .  There are nine large concrete arches supporting the bridge and roadway on the east side. [PAR] [TLE] Barack Obama Selma 50th anniversary speech [SEP] On March 7, 2015, President of the United States Barack Obama delivered a speech at Edmund Pettus Bridge to mark the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery marches on the subject of race relations within the United States.  Among the estimated 40,000 present were former President George W. Bush, former First Lady Laura Bush, and Amelia Boynton Robinson, John Lewis, Diane Nash, and many other 'foot soldiers' who had taken part in the march in 1965.
[PAR] [TLE] Edmund Pettus Bridge [ SEP ] The Edmund Pettus Bridge is a bridge that carries U.S. Route 80 Business ( US 80 Bus . ) across the Alabama River in Selma , Alabama . Built in 1940 , it is named after Edmund Winston Pettus , a former Confederate brigadier general , U.S. Senator from Alabama and Grand Dragon of the Alabama Ku Klux Klan . The bridge is a steel through arch bridge with a central span of 250 ft . There are nine large concrete arches supporting the bridge and roadway on the east side . [PAR] [TLE] Barack Obama Selma 50th anniversary speech [ SEP ] On March 7 , 2015 , President of the United States Barack Obama delivered a speech at Edmund Pettus Bridge to mark the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery marches on the subject of race relations within the United States . Among the estimated 40,000 present were former President George W. Bush , former First Lady Laura Bush , and Amelia Boynton Robinson , John Lewis , Diane Nash , and many other ' foot soldiers ' who had taken part in the march in 1965 .
President Barack Obama delivered a speech in 2015 at a bridge named after what former Confederate brigadier general?
President Barack Obama delivered a speech in 2015 at a bridge named after what former Confederate brigadier general ?
Edmund Winston Pettus
Edmund Winston Pettus