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101 Things to see and do in Vicksburg...
- Let the “Red Carpet City of the South” roll out some famous Southern Hospitality.
- Escape into history with a weekend getaway.
- See history come alive in an 18-minute film at the Vicksburg National Military Park’s visitor center.
- Feel the heroism and valor exhibited during the Civil War siege while touring the Vicksburg National Military Park.
- Walk onboard the restored ‘U.S.S. Cairo,’ a Union ironclad gunboat that was torpedoed and sunk in 1862.
- See the largest Civil War cemetery, where over 17,000 Union soldiers are buried.
- Watch the film, “Vanishing Glory,” and relive the 47-day siege as told from the diaries and writings of citizens and soldiers who were there.
- Take a stroll on Washington Street in downtown Vicksburg and be tempted by the bargains in our shops and boutiques.
- Taste delicious “Southern Cooking” in our quaint restaurants.
- Hike or stroll our wooded hills.
- Board a tour boat and spend time relaxing on the “Mighty Mississippi” and Yazoo rivers.
- View a sea of white as you drive past cotton fields.
- Cheer the hero, love the heroine, boo and throw peanuts at the villain and his sidekick in our olde-tyme, Guiness Book of World Records holding melodrama, “Gold In the Hills.”
- Feast your eyes on our colorful azaleas, dazzling dogwoods, and magnificent magnolias.
- Check out the Corner Drug Store’s collection of antique weapons and Civil War era medicines.
- Picnic and build a sand castle on a Mississippi River sandbar.
- Experience a Vicksburg taste specialty… fried dill pickles.
- Get the local scoop in the Vicksburg Post.
- Treat your taste buds with mustard greens and Mississippi farm-raised catfish, fried or otherwise.
- Sip a “mint julep” while relaxing on a spacious veranda.
- Take a walking tour of downtown Vicksburg.
- Explore the city cemetery, final resting place of many Confederate Soldiers.
- Look for souvenirs from the Siege of Vicksburg at the Old Courthouses Museum’s gift shop.
- Rock the night away at the annual “Riverfest” street party each April.
- Buy a colorful painting by a local artist at one of the art galleries.
- Take the historic driving tour and see a marvelous variety of architectural styles.
- Visit the Biedenharn Coca-Cola Museum where Coca-Cola was first bottled.
- Tour the Old Court House Museum where over 10,000 artifacts bring history to life.
- See a complete history of the Alexander Doll and the Composition Dolls of the 20’s, 30’s, and 40’s at Yesterday’s Children Antique Doll Museum.
- Enjoy “A Romantic Southern Experience” by over-nighting at one of our historic bed and breakfast inns.
- Attend worship services at Christ Episcopal Church, oldest building for public assembly in Vicksburg.
- Imagine the rustling of hoop skirts as you enjoy a candlelight tour of an antebellum home.
- Savor the fragrance of honeysuckle in bloom.
- Photograph the Mississippi Queen and Delta Queen steamboats when they are docked in Vicksburg.
- Dance with Confederate officers at the Balfour Ball.
- Get a glimpse of present day shipping and reminders of past glories watching the boats and cargo on the Mississippi River.
- Check out specialty and antique shops.
- See the Civil War come alive during the annual “Siege of Vicksburg” re-enactment.
- Listen to the roar of a Civil War cannon firing.
- Count the barges on a Mississippi River towboat.
- Hear the lonesome sound of foghorns on the Mississippi.
- Discover how hushpuppies got their names.
- Then eat them with your catfish or barbecue.
- Climb on a redoubt, redan, or lunette, earthen forts in the Vicksburg National Military Park.
- Test your endurance… enter the annual 10K “Run Through History.”
- Take a Spring Pilgrimage tour.
- Beat your feet on the Mississippi mud.
- Treat our palate with Mississippi mud cake or bourbon pie.
- Find your state monument in the Vicksburg National Military Park.
- Go fishin’!
- Learn to talk “Southern, ya’ll.”
- Meander through the country on tree covered rural roads.
- See Spanish Moss hanging from live oak trees.
- Take photos of cypress trees in the Mississippi Delta wetlands.
- Zip across the old river bridge into Louisiana… but be sure the return to Vicksburg!
- Check out the arts and crafts show in April, and then return for a repeat performance in October… both on the lawn of the Old Court House Museum.
- Cruise along the Natchez Trace Parkway, the original trace (road) established by the Choctaw, Natchez, and Chickasaw Indians.
- Rock in a rocking chair and view “Old Man River” at the Mississippi State Welcome Center on I-20 at the river.
- Participate in an Old Fashioned Christmas celebration.
- Come face to face with genuine southern hospitality at the Vicksburg Tourist Information Center.
- Learn about the 47-day Siege of Vicksburg from one of our licensed park guides.
- Visit Port Gibson, the town General Grant said was too beautiful to burn, just 25 miles south of Vicksburg.
- See the Ruins of Windsor, Mississippi’s most lavish expression of Greek Revival Architecture.
- See Port Gibson’s Presbyterian Church with its gilded hand pointing the way to heaven.
- Try your “swinging” at Clear Creek Golf Course.
- Discover unique restaurants in the ambience that is Vicksburg.
- Stay in “Gone with the Wind” elegance.
- Enjoy service beyond expectations at one of our modern hotels.
- Discover the beauty of Mississippi’s Heartland.
- Feast on a buffet while overlooking the Mississippi River.
- Savor an array of fresh seafood.
- Take a stroll in beautiful, manicured gardens.
- Bask in the beauty of centuries-old live oaks and magnolias.
- Attend our local Little Theater productions.
- Meet your friends and professional associates in Vicksburg.
- Tour buildings dating back a century and a half.
- Visit the last remaining Vick family home, the Martha Vick House.
- Examine a Union cannonball lodged in the parlor wall at Cedar Grove Mansion.
- Experience the McRaven Tour Home, built across three distinct time periods.
- Tour the 12,000 square foot Duff Green Mansion.
- Visit Anchuca Mansion where Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, addressed the local citizenry.
- Check out the view from the verandas at Belle of the Bends.
- Attend an Easter Sunrise Service at Fort Hill overlooking the Yazoo River.
- See a spectacular sunset over the Mississippi River.
- Dream your dreams in the relaxed surroundings of Southern elegance.
- How high was the water? Check the flood level markings at the City Waterfront.
- Take your chances with the “Riverboat Gamblers” onboard one of the waterfront casinos.
- Enjoy the variety of entertainment offered in the floating palaces.
- Or, do absolutely nothing… just relax and count your winnings!
- Get spooked on a walking ghost tour.
- Enjoy riding in and old-fashioned horse and carriage through downtown Vicksburg.
- Travel in style with a scenic limousine tour.
- Enjoy live music at a coffee house or lounge.
- Gaze at the beautifully painted RiverFront Murals at the City Port.
- See the beauties at the Miss Mississippi Pageant.
- Watch the fireworks at the Fourth of July Fireworks display.
- Hear the echoes in the Illinois Monument in the Vicksburg National Military Park.
- See the palace a man created for his wife; view Margaret’s Grocery on old Highway 61.
- Visit the 20,000 acre Tara Wildlife refuge.
- Eat Fried Green Tomatoes.
- Stay another day!
...Jefferson Davis was at his plantation south of Vicksburg when he received news that he was
President of the Confederacy.
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