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The Junius Ward Johnson Memorial YMCA was dedicated here.

The North Carolina and Virginia monuments were dedicated in the Vicksburg National Military Park. The Memorial Arch was dedicated at ceremonies in Vicksburg. Frank Cashman was named editor.Īndrew Carnegie Public Library opened in Vicksburg.ĭedication ceremonies were held for the Michigan monument in the Vicksburg National Military Park.Ī Blue-Gray Reunion, or Peace Jubilee was held in Vicksburg.ĭedication of Missouri, New York, and Navy monuments in the Vicksburg National Military Park.

Cashman relinquished editorship of the Vicksburg Evening Post when he was appointed U.S. The Rhode Island monument was dedicated in the National Park.ĭedication of Wisconsin monument in Vicksburg National Military Park. Lee, who defeated Sherman at Chickasaw Bayou in 1862-63 and was the first superintendent of the Vicksburg National Military Park, dies. President Theodore Roosevelt addressed Vicksburg citizens on Court Square. The Pennsylvania monument in the Vicksburg National Military Park was dedicated, followed by the acceptance of the New Hampshire monument, the dedication of the Illinois monument and the Iowa monument. The Massachusetts monument, the first in the Vicksburg National Military Park, was dedicated. The Yazoo Diversion Canal was opened and once again water flowed past the city of Vicksburg. The South’s First Lady, Varina Davis, made her last visit home to Vicksburg.Ī new city hall was dedicated in Vicksburg. President William McKinley signed legislation creating the Vicksburg National Military Park. The worst winter in the city’s history choked the Mississippi River with ice as temperatures dropped to 10 below zero. William Jennings Bryan Spoke at the courthouse.Įlectric streetcar lines were dedicated in Vicksburg. The first “motion picture” was shown in Vicksburg. The Confederate monument was dedicated in Cedar Hill Cemetery. The first Blue-Gray Reunion was held in Vicksburg. President of the Confederacy Jefferson Davis, Warren County’s most famous citizen, died at age 81.

The Vicksburg Evening Post moved its offices from Washington Street to 408 ½ West Crawford St. Louisiana veterans dedicated a monument on Monroe Street, the first to the Confederacy in Vicksburg. White, the most palatial steamboat on the Mississippi River, burned.