Upcoming EVENTS

• Hands-on Preservation April 6, 2013 - Saturday 8 a.m. - Brices Crossroads

  April 6, 2013 history buffs and preservationists of all ages are invited to join forces to clean and restore Civil War-related battlefields, cemeteries and towns. Volunteers are asked to help at the 1600 acre Brice’s Crossroads National Battlefield site beginning at 8 a.m. The nationwide effort – dubbed Park Day – is underwritten with a [...]

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• Book Signing and Round Table Discussion June 7, 2013 - Friday TBA - Brices Crossroads Visitors and Interpretive Center

  Author Stewart Bennett will sign his new book, The Battle of Brice’s Crossroads, and Tom Parson, author of a new book on the Battle of Tupelo-Harrisburg, will discuss civil war topics during a round table Dr. Bennett, who is a professor at Blue Mountain College, retells the saga of the Confederate victory through a wealth [...]

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• Children’s Discovery Day June 7, 2013 - Friday - Brice's Crossroads and The Battle of Tupelo/Harrisburg

  This year’s Children’s Discovery Day will be held on Friday, June 8,the 149th anniversary of the Battles of Brice’s Crossroads and the Battle of Tupelo/Harrisburg. . The program will include a tour of the visitor’s center and with a scavenger hunt in the 161-year old Bethany Presbyterian Church cemetery. They will find the oldest grave, [...]

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• Living History and Encampment / Walking Tour / Closing Vespers June 8, 2013 - Saturday 9 a.m. - The Original Brice's Crossroads Battlefield Site

  In celebration of the 149th anniversary of the Battle of Brice’s Crossroads and Tupelo/Harrisburg battles, a living history and encampment will be hosted at the original Brice’s Crossroads battlefield site on June 8, 2013. Artisans, musicians, camp cooks, re-enactors will demonstrate and living history camps will be available for demonstrations from 9 a.m. until 2 [...]

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• Fight at Old Town Creek July 13, 2013 - Saturday 3 p.m. - Old Town Creek Battlefield

  “The fight at Old Town Creek” will be Saturday, July 13, when Civil War re-enactors and historians will host a dedication program, encampment, and living history demonstrations at Old Town Creek at 3454 Mt. Vernon Road in Tupelo beginning at 3p.m. Historians, including Author and Historian Michael Ballard, Author, Historian and and Park RangerTom Parson, [...]

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• Sesquicentenial of the Battle of Brice’s Crossroads and Tupelo / Harrisburg June 13, 2014 - Friday thru Sunday - Battle of Brice’s Crossroads and Tupelo/Harrisburg

  This three-day reenactment of the Battle of Brice’s Crossroads and Tupelo/Harrisburg will feature Union and Confederate re-enactors portraying the events surrounding one of Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest’s (CSA) tactical victories. The 150th anniversary of the Battles of Brice’s and Tupelo/Harrisburg will be commemorated with a full re-enactment of both battles and camp life, demonstrations, [...]

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