Proper noun
Pettus (plural Pettuses)
A surname.
After the service, Biden and Bloomberg were set to be joined by fellow candidates for the annual march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge to commemorate when police beat peaceful protesters who were trying to march from Selma to Montgomery. Source: Internet
A lot of people turned out in Selma yesterday to witness, you know, that final crossing across the Edmund Pettus Bridge for John Lewis. Source: Internet
Columbus police officer Adam Coy got the boot hours after a hearing was held to determine whether his actions were justified, and whether he would keep his job, Columbus Public Safety Director Ned Pettus Jr. said. Source: Internet
But think of all of the people like John Lewis and Dr. King getting ready to walk across Edmund Pettus Bridge. Source: Internet
Following a short ceremony outside of Brown Chapel AME Church on Sunday, Lewis' body traveled on a horse-drawn caisson through several blocks of downtown Selma to the Pettus Bridge, where Lewis' flag-draped casket crossed. Source: Internet
On Sunday, his casket will be carried across Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge, where he and other civil rights activists were beaten by state troopers on Bloody Sunday in 1965, before lying in repose at the Alabama Capitol. Source: Internet