Home of civil rights icon Evers named as a national monument
Associated Press
Home of civil rights icon Evers named as a national monument
By Emily Wagster Pettus
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The historic home of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers is now a national monument, the U.S. interior secretary and members of Mississippi’s congressional delegation...
Medgar And Myrlie Evers Home Officially Established As National Monument
Pine Belt News, Hattiesburg
Medgar And Myrlie Evers Home Officially Established As National Monument
On Thu, 12/10/2020 - 11:35 AM
Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt announced the establishment of the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument in Jackson, Mississippi as...
Successful U.S. mass vaccination campaign requires targeted preparedness, experts say
Homeland Preparedness News
Successful U.S. mass vaccination campaign requires targeted preparedness, experts say
By Kim Riley
With Americans on the cusp of receiving the first doses of COVID-19 vaccinations, experts from across the public health system on Wednesday recommended specific...
Erosion Undermines History at Vicksburg National Military Park
Hallowed Ground Magazine
Erosion Undermines History at Vicksburg National Military Park
Hallowed Ground Magazine
The most serious battle being fought at Vicksburg National Military Park today, according to park staff, is against erosion, the process by which earth is carried away by wind or water...
Wicker, Hyde-Smith and Kelly announce $24.3M project to renovate Aberdeen courthouse
Monroe Journal
Wicker, Hyde-Smith and Kelly announce $24.3M project to renovate Aberdeen courthouse
The Monroe Journal
Dec. 9, 2020
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., and Representative Trent Kelly, R-Miss., today announced that Congress has approved...