Registration is now open for Vicksburg National Military Park’s Memorial Day flag placement event on May 24 from 8 a.m. to noon. Check-in begins at 7:30 am. Located within Vicksburg National Military Park in Vicksburg, Mississippi, Vicksburg National Cemetery is the final resting place for more than 18,000 U.S. Veterans, 17,000 of whom served in the Union Army during the Civil War, a number unmatched at any other National Cemetery.
Every year on the Friday before Memorial Day, a United States flag is placed at each individual gravesite in remembrance of the sacrifice so many Americans made for their country. Join other volunteers, National Park Service staff, and the Friends of Vicksburg Military Park & Campaign in continuing this tradition.
Registration closes this coming Tuesday, May 21, at midnight. If you would like to volunteer, do so here.
For more information on volunteering please contact: Sean Simpson, Friends of Vicksburg Military Park and Campaign; Sean (at) friendsofvicksburg.org
The next day
The following day, Saturday, May 25, Vicksburg National Military Park will partner with the Friends of Vicksburg National Military Park and Campaign, Four Seasons of the Arts, and the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra (MSO) to provide an outdoor pops concert on the grounds of the park free of charge.
There will also be kid-friendly activity stations. The concert will be at 7 p.m. in front of the Vicksburg NMP Visitor Center at 3201 Clay Street. Tickets and registration are not required to attend the concert. For more information call the park at (601) 636-0538.
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Thank you, RV Travel! 🙂 Sounds like a worthy cause, unfortunately we are already scheduled. Thanks again and safe travels! 🙂