May 22, 2008
Park Opens Pemberton's HQ to VisitorsVicksburg National Military Park will open Confederate General John C. Pemberton’s Headquarters (Willis-Cowan House) on Mondays, starting May 26, from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm.
The house will be open to the visitors every Monday for the months of June and July. Pemberton’s Headquarters is located at 1018 Crawford Street, Vicksburg, MS.
May 22, 2008
2008 Memorial Day Events
Vicksburg National Military Park will honor the men and women who died in service to our nation this Memorial Day weekend.
On Friday, May 23, staff and volunteers will decorate the 18,000 graves at the Vicksburg National Cemetery with United States flags. The flags will stay in place through Monday, May 26, Memorial Day. Anyone interested in volunteering and assisting with decorating the veterans’ graves can meet at the USS Cairo parking lot at 7:30 AM on Friday.
April 15, 2008
Park Day 2008 Workday
Despite the stormy day on Friday, Volunteers went ahead with the schedule workday Saturday, April 5 at the Park. About 30 people, including teens, worked to paint 15 to 20 carriages.
April 14, 2008
Park Supports Community
Park staff joins in community wide effort to help build the Catfish Row Playground. Details of the event are described in The Vicksburg Post Article "Playground popping up with volunteers' sweat".
April 14, 2008
Park to present draft alternatives for landscape management plan
Vicksburg, Mississippi – Vicksburg National Military Park, along with contractors, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc., John Milner Associates, Inc., and MacTec Engineering and Consulting, Inc., will hold its second open house to present the draft alternatives identified for the Cultural Landscape Report/Environmental Assessment project currently underway. The public is invited to provide their input on these draft alternatives, as well as the Purpose, Objectives, and Issues leading to their development.
March 24, 2008
Supervisory Facility Operations Specialist
Garry L. Lee has been promoted to the Supervisory Facility Operations Specialist position at the Vicksburg National Military Park. Garry will assume his new duties as the Assistant Chief of Maintenance effective March 31, 2008. Garry is a native of Vicksburg, graduate from Warren Central High School and has been an employee of the Vicksburg National Military Park for 18 years.
March 19, 2008
2008 - Park Clean Up Day
Vicksburg, Mississippi – Seven generations after the beginning of the Civil War, another wave of volunteers is about to descend on America’s storied battlegrounds – only this array of dedicated men and women will be armed with paint brushes, trash bags and weed whackers.
February 28, 2008
Fiber-optic map details Vicksburg siege
Visitors to the Vicksburg National Military Park will have a more complete picture of how the 1863 campaign of Vicksburg unfolded, thanks to a new fiber-optic map unveiled in the Visitor Center. Vicksburg Post Article 02-28-2008.
February 28, 2008
Park Installs Fiber Optic Map and Exhibit Panels
Park installed fiber optic map and exhibit panels to highlight the military operations at Vicksburg and surrounding areas in 1863.
February 27, 2008
Group Aims to Fix Up Park
Clarion Ledger News Article 02/19/2008 - "Group Aims to Fix Up Park" - The Friends of the Vicksburg National Military Park and Vicksburg Campaign, a new nonprofit group to raise awareness and funds to improve the park, ordained by Congress in 1899 as the fifth Civil War battlefield to be preserved.
February 27, 2008
Parks need partners, history leader says
Civil War battlefields need public-private partnerships such as the one created here, said John Nau, who chairs the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation to which he was appointed by President Bush. Article from Vicksburg Post on February 22, 2008.
February 22, 2008
Vicksburg Friends Group Announced
Vicksburg National Military Park announces Friends Group on park's anniversary.
February 21, 2008
"Friends" Strike up force to Improve Park
Become a Friend
To become a member of the Friends of the Vicksburg National Military Park and Vicksburg Campaign, visit the Web site at www.friendsofvicksburg.org/BecomeaFriend.html. Giving levels for annual memberships range from $25 to $100 or more. Members will receive an annual subscription to the biannual newsletter and invitations to members-only events. Patron members, who donate $100 or more, will also receive an annual park pass.
Contributions
To make a contribution, visit www.friendsofvicksburg.org/Donations.asp. To adopt a monument, visit www.friendsofvicksburg.org/AboutAdoption.html. For information on maintenance schedules and costs, contact Beth Roberts-Hammel at 601-619-2910 or contact the Friends of Vicksburg at director@friendsofvicksburg.org.
January 02, 2008
Pemberton HQ Tours 2008
[12/21/07] Pemberton Headquarters, the Crawford Street residence acquired by the Vicksburg National Military Park in 2003, will welcome visitors for "at least a few days" this summer due to an increase in funds approved Wednesday and sent to President Bush, said park Superintendent Monika Mayr.
June 04, 2007
Park vandals returned, officials say
The illegal relic hunting on the battlefield was reported on May 11. Stories appeared in Vicksburg, on Jackson TV and elsewhere via The Associated Press. But the culprits were not dissuaded. “I saw them about 3 a.m. (May 13), but I lost them in the woods,” Martin said.
June 04, 2007
Exhibit on major Civil War battle unveiled at park
Vicksburg Post News Article on unveiling of Milliken's Bend exhibit at Vicksburg National Military Park during the Memorial Day Weekend Activities.
May 17, 2007
Taps Played at Vicksburg National Cemetery
On Saturday, May 19, at 11:00 A.M., two buglers will play “Taps” at the Vicksburg National Cemetery to honor all those who have served and continue to serve.
May 17, 2007
Runners help pay for park improvements
Vicksburg Post Article by Ernest Bowker on Runners help pay for park improvements. March 03, 2007.
May 17, 2007
Pride drives volunteer efforts for pitching in at military park
Vicksburg Post Article by By Danny Barrett Jr. on Pride drives volunteer efforts for pitching in at military park. April 4, 2007.
May 17, 2007
Body remains found in park now in Jackson
Vicksburg Post Article by Paul Bryant on Body remains found in Park now in Jackson. May 16, 2007.
May 17, 2007
Bones found in park near site of vandalism
Vicksburg Post Article by Paul Bryant on Bones found in park near site of vandalism. May, 15, 2007.
May 17, 2007
Relic hunters tear up park's Railroad Redoubt
Vicksburg Post Article by Paul Bryant on Relic hunters damage to Railroad Redoubt Area and Vicksburg National Military Park. May 12, 2007.
May 17, 2007
Park Fees soon to Rise
Vicksburg Post Article by staff and AP Report - National park fees to rise in Vicksburg, other spots. May 7, 2007.
May 17, 2007
2007 Memorial Day
The park will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Minnesota Monument, Thursday, May 24, 2007. Also, park staff and volunteers will decorate over 18,000 graves with American flags on May 25, 2007 in the Vicksburg National Cemetery to honor the soldiers and prepare for the Memorial Day events that will occur beginning May 24-28, 2007.
April 12, 2007
Vicksburg 1862
Vicksburg National Military Park and Eastern National Present: Vicksburg -1862. October 5-6, 2007 at Historic Christ Church in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
March 30, 2007
Park Day 2007
On Saturday, April 7, 2007, Vicksburg National Military Park is partnering with the Civil War Preservation Trust (CWPT) to help clean and restore America’s priceless battlefields, cemeteries and shrines. The nationwide effort – dubbed Park Day – is underwritten with a grant from The History Channel. For the second time, this year’s Park Day is presented in partnership with Take Pride in America, a program of the U.S. Department of the Interior.
March 20, 2007
Margie Bearss Day
Historic Event at Champion Hill, Mississippi "Remembering Margie Bearss" on Saturday, May 5, 2007, 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
January 23, 2007
Pemberton's Headquarters Renovation Phase One
Work on a first phase of renovation to Pemberton's Headquarters has begun and the home is expected to be open as early as this summer.
December 26, 2006
Vicksburg Park Visitor Center and U.S.S. Cairo Museum to Close
The park Visitor Center & U.S.S. Cairo Exhibt will be Closed Christmas Day 2006 & 2007, New Year's Day 2007 and Thanksgiving Day 2007. The park tour road will be open from 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
November 09, 2006
Vets, dependents to get new state cemetery
The Vicksburg National Military Park has a federal military cemetery with veterans from the Civil War and all wars until Vietnam. Only a few grave spaces remain - and they are reserved. Proposal for Federal cemetery are being taken by by Veterans Affairs Board until Dec. 15.
October 29, 2006
Park's Illinois Memorial rededicated
Vicksburg National Military Park - Illinois Rededication Ceremony October 28 & 29, 2006.
October 23, 2006
Historic Wall at National Cemetery Damaged
Historic Cemetery Wall damaged at Vicksburg National Cemetery.
