town of montgomery alabama and will make the short drive to selma, where he will speak at the base of the edmond pettis bridge you see here behind me. in addition to president obama, former president george w. bush is expected among the dignitaries present a group that includes representative john lewis had who marched in this town 50 years ago and suffered severe beatings as a result. today he is joined by close to 100 other colleagues from congress and thousands of ordinary citizens have descend ed on the small alabama town to mark the 50th anniversary of bloody sunday and the voting rights movement it helped galvanize. several blocks, a commemorative service took place at ame church during the civil rights marches of the 1960s this house of worship provided meeting space for demonstrators and organizers including the reverend dr. martin luther king jr. the civil rights acon s eldest son said the nation can still do