CIVIL WAR HISTORY WAS CELEBRATED JUNE 7 AND 8 AT THE MISSISSIPPI FINAL STANDS VISITOR CENTER AND BATTLEFIELDS
Former Director Edwina Carpenter said four living-history events were hosted by the staff to celebrate the 149th anniversary of the Battles of Brice’s Crossroads and Tupelo-Harrisburg. On Friday, eager minds ready to learn about life in the 1860’s attended the Children’s Discovery Day held at the center. Re-enactors were on hand to tell first- hand […]
A PLAN TO ADD A SITE IN THE BATTLEFIELD TOURS
A plan is in place to add a site in the battlefield tours that will commemorate the brave action of U.S. C.T. who fought at the Battles of Brice’s Crossroads and Tupelo-Harrisburg in 1864. The concept plan was presented by Phil Walker of the Walker Collaborative in Nashville, after spending two days visiting the sites […]
FLAG EXHIBIT
Please join us for a ceremony to raise four new flags in the outdoor flag exhibit. In celebration of our Interpretive exhibit featuring the Battles of Brice’s Crossroads and Tupelo-Harrisburg, four new flags will be added to the lighted exhibit of present-day flags along with an interpretive sign featuring states that had soldiers to fight […]
150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLES’ OF BRICES CROSSROADS
By Kayla Carpenter McCarley Dense smoke rolled from the tubes of cannons as horses galloped and soldiers clashed on the Brice’s Crossroads Battlefield where thousands of spectators and re-enactors gathered to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Battles’ of Brice’s Crossroads and Tupelo June 14-15 An hour- long battle ensued as spectators from around the […]
114TH ILLINOIS INFANTRY REACTIVATED
Staff members at Mississippi Final Stands Interpretive Center and Brice’s Crossroads National Battlefield site join reenactors with the 114th Illinois Infantry Reactivated at a monument dedicated at Brice’s Crossroads battlefield in June. (l-r) Mallie Fitzgerald and Edwina Carpenter hosted the group as they erected the Union regimental monument at the battlefield. They are joined by John […]