Events for October 7, 2017
Carrollton Pilgrimage and Pioneer Day Festival (featuring the new Carrollton Walking Tour App)
Come and tour our beautifully preserved antebellum homes and churches, including the famous Cotesworth! Cotesworth is the home of former United States Senator, J.Z.George. Cotesworth is one of the main […]
“Caching” in on Laurel’s History
Geocaching event to engage local fourth and eighth graders with 20 historic sites important to Laurel and Jones County history.
200 Years of Family Fun
A celebration of the history of play in Mississippi. Children and their families will have the opportunity to participate in a variety of activities that they can enjoy at the […]
HealthWorks! Family Fun Bicentennial Festival
Neshoba County Red Clay Hills Bicentennial Celebration Picnic
The Neshoba County Red Clay Hills Bicentennial Picnic in Philadelphia, MS featuring 200 years of historic artifacts, fashion, and music from the Fair City Chorale, country music from the Neshoba […]
Cora Norman Lecture: Ibram X. Kendi
We are very excited to announce that we are bringing National Book Award-winning historian Ibram X. Kendi to deliver our Cora Norman Lecture on October 7th at the Jackson Planetarium!
Voicing Joplin
Performance of Scott Joplin’s opera “Treemonisha,” about the importance of education, centered on the life of a young former slave woman in the late 19th century who rallies her people to […]