JimKindred
07-22-2004, 10:05 AM
From the Thursday 22 July edition of the Daily Corinthian
Ceremony dedicates contraband camp site
Saturday’s celebration of a new era of historical interpretation in Corinth will include dedication of the Corinth Contraband Camp Historic Site, which will become the location of a commemorative park.
The ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. at 850 North Parkway. The street will be closed to traffic, and no parking will be allowed at the site or on the street. Members of the public are advised to bring folding chairs and park at Corinth High School Academic and Performing Arts Center on North Harper Road. Shuttles will deliver people to the site.
Following the Emancipation Proclamation on Sept. 22, 1862, freed slaves from a wide area sought refuge with the Union Army in Corinth.
“The 20-acre tract of land was a part of a large farm in 1862, and Friends of the Siege and Battle of Corinth were able to purchase a portion where, according to recent archaeology studies, the housing once stood,” said Siege and Battle of Corinth Commission Chairwoman Rosemary Williams. “The Siege and Battle of Corinth Commission is working with a state grant issued through the Mississippi Department of Archives and History to construct phase one of the Contraband Camp Historic Park.”
Ceremony dedicates contraband camp site
Saturday’s celebration of a new era of historical interpretation in Corinth will include dedication of the Corinth Contraband Camp Historic Site, which will become the location of a commemorative park.
The ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. at 850 North Parkway. The street will be closed to traffic, and no parking will be allowed at the site or on the street. Members of the public are advised to bring folding chairs and park at Corinth High School Academic and Performing Arts Center on North Harper Road. Shuttles will deliver people to the site.
Following the Emancipation Proclamation on Sept. 22, 1862, freed slaves from a wide area sought refuge with the Union Army in Corinth.
“The 20-acre tract of land was a part of a large farm in 1862, and Friends of the Siege and Battle of Corinth were able to purchase a portion where, according to recent archaeology studies, the housing once stood,” said Siege and Battle of Corinth Commission Chairwoman Rosemary Williams. “The Siege and Battle of Corinth Commission is working with a state grant issued through the Mississippi Department of Archives and History to construct phase one of the Contraband Camp Historic Park.”