Vicksburg National Park
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Thursday March 28 5:30pm - 6:30pm CDT
Rituals of Remembrance: African American Organizations in Post-Civil War Mississippi
Vicksburg National Military Park and the Catfish Row Museum are co-host a special program to explore the African American experience in relation to rituals of remembrance. The program will offer two compelling talks in one evening:‘In peace we will ever stay’: The Natio......More
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Monday April 8 12:30pm - 3:00pm CDT
Partial Eclipse of the Park
On Monday April 8 2024 a partial solar eclipse with be visible in Vicksburg with an approximate 92% occlusion of the sun.Join park rangers and staff from the library outside the Visitor Center to view this amazing natural event and explore family friendly space-themed a......More
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Tuesday April 9 5:30pm - 7:00pm CDT
Meet the Bluejackets: Exploring the Lives of Immigrant and African American Sailors in the U.S. Navy Mississippi River Squadron
Explore the stories of City Class ironclad crews with a focus African American and immigrant sailors and how new innovations in digital humanities allow us to tell the stories of those often hardest to find in history.This program is developed from the Civil War Bluejac......More