Join us Saturday, July 4th for the Lena 4th of July! Beginning at 11:00 on July 4th with a Classic Car show featuring the Carthage Cruisers along with cars from other groups across Mississippi. They will be cruising into the center of town and setting up for display. The fire department will open with activities […]
Celebrate America’s 250th at The MAX with a free performance by Rising Stars Fife and Drum Band. Led by “Fife Master” Shardé Thomas, granddaughter of the legendary Othar Turner, and percussionist Chris Mallory, their performance will honor freedom in all its forms: our nation’s independence, the emancipation of a people, and the creative spirit that […]
Meridian, Mississippi, is preparing for a full day of celebration as we mark America's 250th birthday on Saturday, July 4. The day will include live entertainment, the America 250 Parade, a community ceremony, family activities, and a fireworks spectacular to close out the evening. For parade information, call 601-485-1998. The City of Meridian, Mississippi's Community […]
BIG NEWS- 4th of July Weekend CelebrationThe Taylorsville Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce our AMERICA 250 – 4th of July Weekend Celebration as we celebrate not only America’s 250th birthday… but also Taylorsville’s 125th Anniversary. This is going to be more than fireworks and festivities.This weekend is about history, hometown pride, community, music, memories, […]
Red, White, and Biloxi: An America250 Celebration, July 4, 5-9:30 p.m. Biloxi Town Green 710 Beach Blvd. Family-friendly celebration honoring the nation’s heritage with music, history, entertainment, and fireworks. Patriotic music, a dramatic presentation at 7 p.m., Unfazed Show & Band at 9 p.m., vendors, food trucks, and fireworks. Free admission. Details: 228-435-6339
The Yoknapatawpha Arts Council will expand its annual June Summer Sunset Concert Series with a special July 4th celebration in Oxford in 2026. The project blends live concerts highlighting Mississippi’s musical traditions with historian-curated readings and writing prompts on democracy, plus short documentary films exploring how Mississippi’s culture shapes the arts. Designed as a free, […]
We are planning a party! Thank you to the Mississippi250 Grant Committee with the Mississippi Humanities Council for our matching grant to provide an America250 Birthday Party for you at your Lawrence County Civic Center! It is an exciting time for our country and for us!Our building will be celebrating its 100th Birthday, so we […]
William Arinder presents “Pioneer Toys, Games, and Music” on July 9, 2026, at 10 a.m. A living history program about the early pioneer settlers in Mississippi. Discussion centers around how they dressed, built their homes, produced and cooked their food, created children’s homemade toys, and made music on the mountain dulcimer. Period clothing worn, hands-on artifacts […]
This is the third in the series of luncheon lectures coming to the MS Ag & Forestry Museum. The highlight of this lecture will be Mound Bayou Museum & African American History & Culture. In the Heritage Center Auditorium, July 10th from Noon - 1PM. Rev. Darryl Johnson & Hermon Johnson, present a program about […]
On July 11, 2026, Foxfire Ranch invites our kinfolk, and community to a neighborhood reunion from 10 AM to 6PM celebrating over 250 years of Black land stewardship, story, and song. Rooted in the living traditions from our nook of the North Mississippi Hill Country— the day weaves together remembrance, planting ceremonies, community quilting, podcast […]
Be Part of History! Help Us Fill a Time Capsule! Our library is starting a fun new project called "Voices of Mid-Mississippi: A Community Time Capsule!" We want to save our thoughts and memories from today for people to open in the future—50 years from now, during the America 300 birthday celebration! What is a […]
Dr. Rebecca Tuuri’s presentation examines the first fifty years of the women’s suffrage in Mississippi, with a focus on the work of the Mississippi League of Women Voters (LWV) from the months before the ratification of the Susan B. Anthony Amendment through the late 1960s when the state’s League was transformed into the progressive and […]
