What is 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.
