National Mississippi Day
Starting the week of Independence Day and ending with Hawaii. We feature a small portion of each states' past, foods, and the people who make up the state. Several states have their own state celebrations. There's so much more to explore that we can't help but celebrate our beautiful country even more.
How did you learn to spell Mississippi? How did you learn to spell Mississippi? Is it the M-I crooked letter-crooked letter-crooked letter-I-crooked letter-crooked letter-I-crooked letter-I-crooked letter-I-crooked letter-I-crooked letter-I-humpback-I rhyme? Or did you keep track of the seconds by counting one Mississippi, two Mississippi? If you did, you're not alone. You're not alone. Millions of people around the country are recalling doing this and other related word associations with the name Mississippi!
The Mississippi River flows into the Gulf of Mexico along the state's western boundary, and derives its name from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi, which means "Great River."
In the middle to late nineteenth century, Blues music flourished along the Mississippi Delta in the Mississippi Delta. Blues music will slowly grow to produce a crop of musicians and a variety of new genres within a few decades.
Civil rights
Both the American Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s created turbulent, turbulent, and violent times for Mississippi. Despite the fact that the Civil War brought enslaved people freedom, the war destroyed more than half of Mississippi's population and the economy.
Nearly 100 years ago, circumstances had not changed much when Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr. started the movement that would bring voices and faces to the story.
Natchez trace
The Natchez Trace is one of the state's most popular features. This ancient pathway was beaten down by the hooves of bison, which has been in existence for thousands of years. Later, hunters and gathering mound builders used the route, which later became an excellent road for transporting goods. Today, it's both a 444-mile scenic parkway and natural timeline through three states' history (Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama).
There are several amusing and informative tidbits about Mississippi to explore. For example, did you know that while hunting in Sharkey County, President Roosevelt encountered a bear he refused to shoot, which is how we came to have the teddy bear today.
