• View from Battery DeGolyer

    Vicksburg

    National Military Park Mississippi

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Shape Up Vicksburg Walk - 2012

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Shape Up Vicksburg Walkers - 2011

Join Shape Up Vicksburg and Vicksburg National Military Park for our third annual walk celebrating Black History Month.

Parking will be available at Sherman Avenue Elementary School, and participants will meet at 8:00 a.m. for registration - walk starts at 8:30 a.m.!

We will walk the North Loop of the Vicksburg National Military Park and stop at the African-American Monument, where we will learn more about the fascinating story behind this historic landmark.

This event is free to the public and we encourage people of all ages, sizes and athletic abilities to join us. Come and celebrate our SHARED history, our SHARED community, and our SHARED health - let's move outside and Shape Up Vicksburg!  

For more information, contact Linda Fondren at 601-619-7277 or visit shapeupvicksburg.com.

 
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2012 Shape Up Vicksburg Walking Route
 

2012 Shape Up Vicksburg Walking Map (PDF)

Did You Know?

Did You Know?

The Union siege lines and Confederate defensive lines were marked during the first decade of the 20th century by many of the veterans who fought at Vicksburg, thus making Vicksburg National Military Park one of the most accurately marked military parks in the world.