News Release

Memorial Day 2022 Events at Vicksburg National Military Park

Date: May 16, 2022
Contact: Brendan Wilson, 601-642-6881

VICKSBURG, Miss. – The National Park Service will be hosting events at Vicksburg National Military Park in observance of Memorial Day. 

Flag Placement in the National Cemetery 

Date: Friday, May 27, 2022 

Time: 8:00am – 12:00pm. Check-in begins at 7:30am. 
 

Registration is now open for Vicksburg National Military Park’s Memorial Day Flag Placement Event. 
 

Located within Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg National Cemetery is the final resting place for over 18,000 U.S. Veterans – 17,000 of those being Union Civil War soldiers – a number unmatched by any other National Cemetery. Every year on the Friday before Memorial Day, a United States flag is placed at each individual grave in remembrance of the sacrifice so many have made for our country. Join other volunteers and National Park Service staff in continuing this tradition. 

Volunteers can register online via the following link:  https://forms.office.com/g/GYmtyj04Jw 

For more information on volunteering please contact:  Taylor Hegler; e-mail us; [phone] ext. 2969 
 

Symphony at Sunset
Date:  Saturday May 28, 2022
Time:  7:00pm 

Vicksburg National Military Park is partnering with the Friends of Vicksburg National Military Park and Campaign, Four Seasons of the Arts, and the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra (MSO) to provide an outdoor pops concert on the grounds of the park free of charge. The concert will be on Saturday, May 28, 2022 at 7:00pm in front of the Vicksburg NMP Visitor Center at 3201 Clay Street. Tickets and registration are not required to attend the concert. For more information call the park at 601 636-0538