National Mississippi Day
We began honoring each state in the order they were born in the union, beginning with Hawaii and ending with Hawaii on Independence Day. We've chosen a small piece of each state's past, foods, and the people who make up the state. There's so much more to discover, but 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? Was it the M-I crooked letter-crooked letter-crooked letter-crooked letter-I-crooked letter-I-crooked letter-I-crooked letter-I-crooked letter-I-humpback-I rhyme? Did you keep track of the seconds by counting one Mississippi, two Mississippi? You are not alone if you did, because you are not alone. Millions around the country are recalling doing this and other related word associations with the name Mississippi!
Along the state's western boundary, the Mississippi River flows into the Gulf of Mexico, earning the river's name from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi, which means "Great River."
In the middle to late 19th century, Blues music flourished along the Mississippi Delta in the Mississippi Delta. Within a few decades, blues music will gradually expand to include a crop of singers and a variety of new styles.
Civil rights
Mississippi's 1960s Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s both created turbulent, turbulent, and violent times for the state. Despite the fact that the Civil War brought freedom to enslaved people, the Civil War ended in the death of more than half of Mississippi's population and economy.
When Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr. started the movement that would bring voices and faces to the story, nearly 100 years ago, conditions hadn't much changed.
Natchez trace
One of the state's most popular features is the Natchez Trace, one of the state's most popular features. This ancient path has been beaten down by bison hooves for thousands of years. Later, Hunting and gathering mound builders continued to travel along 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 some fun and informative tidbits about Mississippi to explore. For example, did you know when hunting in Sharkey County, President Roosevelt came across a bear he refused to shoot, which is how we got the teddy bear today.
