The Vicksburg National Military Park (VNMP) will reopen for regular business hours on. According to the Friends of Vicksburg ...

One of Mississippi’s most-visited cultural attractions has reopened in the midst of the government shutdown, thanks to ...

V ICKSBURG, Miss. (WLBT) - The gates to the Vicksburg National Military Park are officially closed as the federal government shut down on Wednesday. Now the big question remains: just how long will ...

When the government shut down in 2018, a Mississippi nonprofit interceded to fund a bare-bones crew to keep one of the ...

During a 35-day government shutdown that began in Dec. 2018, the Friends of the Vicksburg National Military Park and Campaign kept the park open, paying $2,000 for a skeleton crew and other expenses.

Thomas O. Selfridge Jr. was a career U.S. Navy officer who commanded vessels operating around Arkansas during the Civil War and was indirectly responsible for the later destruction of the Mississippi ...