John Lewis was first elected in 1986 and served 17 terms in the U.S. House of Representatives until his death in 2020. He was a civil rights activist and in the 60’s he worked to end legalized segregation and led the first walk from Selma to Montgomery over the Edmund Pettus Bridge that became known as “Bloody Sunday” when state troopers and police attacked the marchers including Lewis. Lima Councilman Derry Glenn wanting to keep Lewis’s legacy alive has set a day of remembrance on Sunday, February 27th.