http://www.nps.gov/vick News releases from Vicksburg National Military Park. en-us http://www.nps.gov/vick/parknews/cw150-luminaries.htm Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:35:12 EST On Thursday, July 3, 2013, from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m., Vicksburg National Military Park will partner with Friends of Vicksburg National Military Park and Campaign to create a Grand Illumination honoring the 19,233 soldiers, both Union and Confederate, who became casualties during the Civil War Campaign for Vicksburg. http://www.nps.gov/vick/parknews/lincoln-constitution.htm Tue, 21 May 2013 06:36:36 EST Beginning Saturday and Sunday, May 25 & 26, 2013, and as part of Vicksburg National Military Park’s Sesquicentennial commemoration, the park will host the traveling exhibit “Lincoln and the Constitution.” http://www.nps.gov/vick/parknews/sequestration-impacts.htm Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:05:21 EST Effective March 1, 2013, Vicksburg National Military Park was required by “sequestration” to reduce its annual budget by five percent.