https://www.nps.gov/memy News releases from Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument. en-us https://www.nps.gov/memy/learn/news/60thopen.htm Thu, 08 Jun 2023 08:47:00 EST National Park Service (NPS) leaders and representatives from the Medgar Evers family, the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Institute, the Trust for Public Land, numerous regional partners and other local leaders today marked the designation of the Evers family home and nearby lot as a National Monument. https://www.nps.gov/memy/learn/news/60thopen.htm https://www.nps.gov/memy/learn/news/national-park-service-releases-final-schedule-for-remembrance-event-for-60th-anniversary-of-medgar-evers-assassination.htm Tue, 06 Jun 2023 05:26:00 EST JACKSON, Mississippi — The National Park Service, in partnership with Medgar and Myrlie Evers Institute, National Parks Conservation Association, National Park Foundation, and the Trust for Public Land, will celebrate the legacy of civil rights icon Medgar Evers June 9 -12, 2023 throughout Jackson, Mississippi on the 60th anniversary of his assassination. https://www.nps.gov/memy/learn/news/national-park-service-releases-final-schedule-for-remembrance-event-for-60th-anniversary-of-medgar-evers-assassination.htm https://www.nps.gov/memy/learn/news/evers60.htm Tue, 02 May 2023 06:56:00 EST The National Park Service, in partnership with Medgar and Myrlie Evers Institute, National Parks Conservation Association, National Park Foundation, and the Trust for Public Land, will celebrate the legacy of civil rights icon Medgar Evers June 9 -12, 2023 throughout Jackson, Mississippi on the 60th anniversary of his assassination.  https://www.nps.gov/memy/learn/news/evers60.htm https://www.nps.gov/memy/learn/news/memy-civic-engagement-3-17-23.htm Thu, 16 Mar 2023 23:00:00 EST Today, Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument announced an opportunity for the public to comment on preliminary concepts to guide the new national park’s future operations from March 15 to June 30, 2023. https://www.nps.gov/memy/learn/news/memy-civic-engagement-3-17-23.htm https://www.nps.gov/memy/learn/news/keena-graham-named-superintendent-of-medgar-and-myrlie-evers-home-national-monument.htm Thu, 18 Mar 2021 07:16:00 EST Today, National Park Service (NPS) South Atlantic-Gulf Regional Director Stan Austin announced the selection of Keena Graham as the new superintendent of Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument in Jackson, Mississippi, effective March 28. https://www.nps.gov/memy/learn/news/keena-graham-named-superintendent-of-medgar-and-myrlie-evers-home-national-monument.htm https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1207/trump-administration-establishes-medgar-and-myrlie-evers-home-national-monument.htm Thu, 10 Dec 2020 07:31:00 EST Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt announced the establishment of the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument in Jackson, Mississippi as the 423rd unit of the National Park System. https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1207/trump-administration-establishes-medgar-and-myrlie-evers-home-national-monument.htm