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    Vicksburg

    National Military Park Mississippi

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    A Grand Illumination will be held on July 3 from 6-10 pm throughout VNMP. Tour road access is at the Clay St. entrance only and limited to motor vehicles. No pedestrians or bicyclists will be allowed during these hours. Click 'More' for further details. More »

Complete A Mission!

Abe visits the National Cemetery.

Old Abe explores the National Cemetery.

NPS

Your mission for March 2013, should you choose to accept it....

The Mystery of the Cemetery Poem

Enter the National Cemetery via the gate. You will notice black signs low to the ground with poem stanzas on each one. Keeping to the right, walk the cemetery to read the poem.

Your assignment question for March 2013 is:

(write this question down in your logbook so you can take it with you!)
How does the poem end? (You will find this on the last sign.) Write the final stanza in your log book.

Extra Credit for Super Sleuths:

Who wrote this poem?

 

Did You Know?

Did You Know?

Vicksburg National Military Park is one of the most heavily monumented parks in the world with over 1330 monuments, markers, tablets, and plaques. The beauty and artistry of its monumentation prompted one Civil War veteran to call Vicksburg National Military Park, "the art park of the world."