ECW News: Proposed New Visitor Center at Vicksburg NMP Requires Boundary Adjustment

Plans are underway in Vicksburg, Mississippi, for a new visitor center for Vicksburg National Military Park. However, the project will require a minor boundary adjustment so that the state of Mississippi, which is spearheading the project in cooperation with the Friends of Vicksburg National Military Park and Campaign, can fully execute.

This week, the American Battlefield Trust announced an initiative to support the project. “It isn’t often that I write to American Battlefield Trust supporters urging them to support legislation that would decrease the size of a national battlefield park, but the Vicksburg National Military Park Boundary Modification Act is a very special case,” wrote Jim Campi, the Trust’s Chief Policy and Communications Officer. “By transferring 11 targeted acres to the State of Mississippi, it will enable the construction of a brand new, and much needed, visitor center for the battlefield and surrounding historic community.”

Bess M. Averett, executive director of the Friends of Vicksburg National Military Park and Campaign, and Jared Herr of the American Battlefield Trust join ECW News to share details of the project.

You can find out more details about the project at the American Battlefield Trust’s website.

You can also learn more at the website of the Friends of Vicksburg National Military Park and Campaign.