BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:Vicksburg National Military Park Events X-WR-CALDESC:Upcoming events at Vicksburg National Military Park REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT12H CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT12H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:B6A45C04-FBA1-C328-FC1C13FC4DE2FB0D@nps-ical SUMMARY:Bugling on the Battlefield DTSTAMP:20260514T060130Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260424T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260424T150000 DESCRIPTION:Fix bayonet! Rally on the battalion! To the color! Come hear a bugle ring again across the battlefield. Experience Civil War-era bugle ca lls and learn the importance of communication on the battlefield.\n\nBugle calls from 2-3 PM (ongoing for the hour\, drop in anytime during the prog ram)\n\nFee info: Entrance fee required to enter park. No additional fee t o attend program.\n\nEvent details: https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/even t-details.htm?id=B6A45C04-FBA1-C328-FC1C13FC4DE2FB0D\n\nAll events: https: //www.nps.gov/vick/planyourvisit/calendar.htm URL:https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=B6A45C04-FBA1-C3 28-FC1C13FC4DE2FB0D LOCATION:Tour Stop #1 - Battery De Golyer CATEGORIES:Living History RRULE:UNTIL=20260515T050000Z;FREQ=WEEKLY;WKST=SU;BYDAY=FR;INTERVAL=1 EXDATE;TZID=America/Chicago:20260501T140000 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:E6D9C00E-F9A3-FF64-DBD5702C343553E3@nps-ical SUMMARY:163rd Anniversary of the Battle of Champion Hill: Decisive Battle for Vicksburg DTSTAMP:20260514T060130Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260516T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260516T160000 DESCRIPTION:The Friends of Vicksburg National Military Park and the License d Battlefield Guides of Vicksburg will commemorate the Battle of Champion Hill\, Saturday\, May 16\, 2026\, 9 AM-4PM at the Coker House\, the only a ntebellum house left on the battlefield.  The Coker House is located at Ad ams Lane\, Edwards\, MS 39066\, and is a unit of Vicksburg National Milita ry Park.\n\nAs part of the commemoration activities\, Mr. Duffy Neubauer\, Curator at the Starkville Civil War Arsenal\, will have an original Civil War 24 pd Howitzer\, that was actually at the Champion Hill Battle\, as p art of McCallister’s Battery\, Battery D\, 1st Illinois Light Artillery.  Mr. Neubauer and fellow reenactors will demonstrate the loading and firing drill as well as talk about the gun at the battle.\n\nAlso\, Mr. Sid Cham pion V\, a prominent historian\, storyteller\, and the great-great-grandso n of Sid and Matilda Champion\, who owned the land where the pivotal 1863 Battle of Champion Hill took place in Mississippi\, will be present to tal k about his family.\n\nMorgan Gates\, local historian and a Licensed Battl efield Guide of Vicksburg\, will portray Lieutenant General John Pemberton and present a program on him.  Morgan is nationally recognized for his po rtrayal of Pemberton.\n\nMike Bryant\, local historian and Licensed Battle field Guide of Vicksburg\, will present a program on the 8th Missouri and Civil War Infantry tactics and how they were used at Champion Hill.\n\nLic ensed Battlefield Guides of Vicksburg\, who provide guided tours of the Vi cksburg National Military Park and Campaign will also present some program s on Champion Hill throughout the day at the Coker House and The Crossroad s.\n\nBess Averett\, Executive Director of the Friends of Vicksburg NMP an d Campaign\, will have information about the Friends Group and answer ques tions about the preservation efforts of Champion Hill.\n\nA program schedu le for the day is below.  You can bring your own chairs to listen to the p rograms if you would like.\n\nProgram Schedule\n\nCoker House Programs\n\n 09:00 – 09:20 – How did we get to Champion Hill?\n\n09:30 – 09:50 – Action s at Champion Hill/Coker House\n\n10:00 – 10:30 – McAllister’s Battery Dem onstration\n\n10:30 – 10:50 – LTG Pemberton Speaks\n\n11:00 – 11:30 – Conf ederate Commanders – Loring\, Bowen\, Stevenson\, Lee\n\n11:30-12:00 – Sid Champion V\, and Champion’s Hill\n\n12:00-1:00 – Lunch\n\n12:15-12:45 – U nion Commanders – Grant\, McClernand\, McPherson\, Hovey\, Logan\n\n1:00-1 :30 – 8th Missouri at Champion Hill\n\n1:40-2:00 - McAllister’s Battery De monstration\n\n2:00-2:20 – LTG Pemberton Speaks\n\n2:30-1:00 – Sid Champio n V\, and Champion’s Hill\n\n3:00-3:30 - McAllister’s Battery Demonstratio n/Travel to Battery Position\n\n3:30 – 4:00 – Champion Hill Outcomes /What happens to BG Tilghman?\n\n                 \n\nInformal Programs All Day at the Coker House\, Civil War Camp & an original\n\nCivil War 24 pdr How itzer(cannon) that was at Champion Hill on May 16\, 1863\n\nCrossroads Pro grams\n\n10:50 – 11:30 – Actions at Crossroads\n\n1200-1:00 – Lunch\n\n1:1 5-2:15 – Actions on Crossroads\n\n3:15-3:45 – Actions on Crossroads\n\nReg ister: https://form.jotform.com/260886958661173\n\nEvent details: https:// www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=E6D9C00E-F9A3-FF64-DBD5702C 343553E3\n\nAll events: https://www.nps.gov/vick/planyourvisit/calendar.ht m URL:https://form.jotform.com/260886958661173 LOCATION:Intersection of MS State Hwy 467 and Adams Lane\, Edwards\, MS 390 66 CATEGORIES:Living History END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7D8EB121-E835-C2AD-5560B590300458FE@nps-ical SUMMARY:Assaults Anniversary Battle Walk: The Union Assault on the 2nd Tex as Lunette DTSTAMP:20260514T060130Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260522T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260522T150000 DESCRIPTION:The Union Assault on the 2nd Texas Lunette\n\nJoin Ranger Peter Winfrey on a detailed walk of the grounds as we discuss William P. Benton ’s and Stephen G. Burbridge’s Brigades’ May 22nd assault on the 2nd Texas Lunette. Learn about the successes\, failures\, and stories of this dramat ic fight for this small fort guarding access into Vicksburg.\n\nFee info: Entrance Fee is required to enter the park\n\nMore info: https://www.nps.g ov/vick/planyourvisit/memorial-day.htm\n\nEvent details: https://www.nps.g ov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=7D8EB121-E835-C2AD-5560B590300458FE\ n\nAll events: https://www.nps.gov/vick/planyourvisit/calendar.htm URL:https://www.nps.gov/vick/planyourvisit/memorial-day.htm LOCATION:Vicksburg National Military Park CATEGORIES:Walk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:419BFF98-D776-AF51-979721DA53F496A5@nps-ical SUMMARY:Flag Placement in the National Cemetery DTSTAMP:20260514T060130Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260522T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260522T120000 DESCRIPTION:Every year on the Friday before Memorial Day\, a United States flag is placed at each individual grave site in remembrance of the sacrifi ce so many have made for our country. Join other volunteers\, National Par k Service staff\, and the Friends of Vicksburg National Military Park & Ca mpaign in continuing this tradition.\n\nLocated 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 soldi ers – a number unmatched by any other Civil War National Cemetery.\n\nFee info: No entrance fee required to volunteer for events\n\nRegistration: Ch eck back for more details.\n\nEvent details: https://www.nps.gov/planyourv isit/event-details.htm?id=419BFF98-D776-AF51-979721DA53F496A5\n\nAll event s: https://www.nps.gov/vick/planyourvisit/calendar.htm URL:https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=419BFF98-D776-AF 51-979721DA53F496A5 LOCATION:Vicksburg National Military Park CATEGORIES:Volunteer Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4074DE3F-A4A0-27DD-3E5D323EF7782EF9@nps-ical SUMMARY:Assaults Anniversary Battle Walk: Battle for the Stockade Redan\, May 22\, 1863 DTSTAMP:20260514T060130Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260523T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260523T110000 DESCRIPTION:Join Licensed Battlefield Guide Tony Morgan and discover the st ories of the Union assault on the Confederate stronghold guarding Graveyar d Road.\n\nMeet at Tour Stop #10 - Stockade Redan. \n\nThis walking tour w ill cover approximately 1 mile and may travel over uneven terrain. Please wear appropriate footwear and be prepared for weather conditions by bringi ng a hat and plenty of water.\n\nFee info: Entrance fee required to enter park\n\nEvent details: https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm ?id=4074DE3F-A4A0-27DD-3E5D323EF7782EF9\n\nAll events: https://www.nps.gov /vick/planyourvisit/calendar.htm URL:https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=4074DE3F-A4A0-27 DD-3E5D323EF7782EF9 LOCATION:Vicksburg National Military Park CATEGORIES:Walk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:40A04C8B-FCFF-5648-22104C5204B7A049@nps-ical SUMMARY:Assaults Anniversary Battle Walk: Railroad Redoubt Assault DTSTAMP:20260514T060130Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260523T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260523T150000 DESCRIPTION:Join Licensed Battlefield Guide Skipper Guizerix and learn abou t the Union Assault on the Confederate fort guarding the railroad into Vic ksburg\, from the initial Union breakthrough to the recapture of the redou bt by Texas Confederates. Mr. Morgan will also tell the history of the Tex as State Memorial.\n\nMeet at Tour Stop #13 - Railroad Redoubt\n\nThis wal king tour may travel over uneven terrain. Please wear appropriate footwear \, and be prepared for weather conditions by bringing a hat and plenty of water.\n\nFee info: Entrance fee required to enter park\n\nEvent details: https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=40A04C8B-FCFF-5648- 22104C5204B7A049\n\nAll events: https://www.nps.gov/vick/planyourvisit/cal endar.htm URL:https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=40A04C8B-FCFF-56 48-22104C5204B7A049 LOCATION:Tour Stop 13 - Railroad Redoubt and Texas Memorial CATEGORIES:Walk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3FFDFD28-9E69-2F7C-CD5B67A52AD617BC@nps-ical SUMMARY:Symphony at Sunset DTSTAMP:20260514T060130Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260523T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260523T210000 DESCRIPTION:Vicksburg National Military Park is partnering with the Friends of Vicksburg National Military Park and Campaign\, Four Seasons of the Ar ts\, and the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra (MSO) to provide an outdoor po ps concert on the grounds of the park free of charge. Celebration the nati on's 250th Anniversary with a patriotic music. There will also be kid frie ndly activity stations. The concert will be on Saturday\, May 23\, 2026 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.\n\nFee in fo: No entrance fee required to attend concert\n\nEvent details: https://w ww.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=3FFDFD28-9E69-2F7C-CD5B67A52 AD617BC\n\nAll events: https://www.nps.gov/vick/planyourvisit/calendar.htm URL:https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=3FFDFD28-9E69-2F 7C-CD5B67A52AD617BC LOCATION:Vicksburg National Military Park CATEGORIES:Partner Program,Performance END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:83D0D5FA-D681-2665-E4E0FB15885922D9@nps-ical-0 SUMMARY:The King of Battle: Artillery Drill and Firing Demonstrations DTSTAMP:20260514T060130Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260523T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260523T100000 DESCRIPTION:Experience the power and awe of Civil War artillery. Hear\, fee l\, and smell the blast of a 12-lb Napoleon cannon. Learn about teamwork o f an artillery crew and the importance of artillery during the Siege of Vi cksburg.\n\nLocation:  Living History Demonstration area next to Visitor C enter\n\nFee info: Entrance fee require to enter the park\n\nMore info: ht tps://www.nps.gov/vick/planyourvisit/living-history.htm\n\nEvent details: https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=83D0D5FA-D681-2665- E4E0FB15885922D9\n\nAll events: https://www.nps.gov/vick/planyourvisit/cal endar.htm URL:https://www.nps.gov/vick/planyourvisit/living-history.htm LOCATION:Vicksburg National Military Park CATEGORIES:Living History END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:83D0D5FA-D681-2665-E4E0FB15885922D9@nps-ical-1 SUMMARY:The King of Battle: Artillery Drill and Firing Demonstrations DTSTAMP:20260514T060130Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260523T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260523T110000 DESCRIPTION:Experience the power and awe of Civil War artillery. Hear\, fee l\, and smell the blast of a 12-lb Napoleon cannon. Learn about teamwork o f an artillery crew and the importance of artillery during the Siege of Vi cksburg.\n\nLocation:  Living History Demonstration area next to Visitor C enter\n\nFee info: Entrance fee require to enter the park\n\nMore info: ht tps://www.nps.gov/vick/planyourvisit/living-history.htm\n\nEvent details: https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=83D0D5FA-D681-2665- E4E0FB15885922D9\n\nAll events: https://www.nps.gov/vick/planyourvisit/cal endar.htm URL:https://www.nps.gov/vick/planyourvisit/living-history.htm LOCATION:Vicksburg National Military Park CATEGORIES:Living History END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:83D0D5FA-D681-2665-E4E0FB15885922D9@nps-ical-2 SUMMARY:The King of Battle: Artillery Drill and Firing Demonstrations DTSTAMP:20260514T060130Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260523T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260523T120000 DESCRIPTION:Experience the power and awe of Civil War artillery. Hear\, fee l\, and smell the blast of a 12-lb Napoleon cannon. Learn about teamwork o f an artillery crew and the importance of artillery during the Siege of Vi cksburg.\n\nLocation:  Living History Demonstration area next to Visitor C enter\n\nFee info: Entrance fee require to enter the park\n\nMore info: ht tps://www.nps.gov/vick/planyourvisit/living-history.htm\n\nEvent details: https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=83D0D5FA-D681-2665- E4E0FB15885922D9\n\nAll events: https://www.nps.gov/vick/planyourvisit/cal endar.htm URL:https://www.nps.gov/vick/planyourvisit/living-history.htm LOCATION:Vicksburg National Military Park CATEGORIES:Living History END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:372D8A81-ADD8-F7F9-C1B553261AFA3C20@nps-ical SUMMARY:National Cemetery Walking Tour DTSTAMP:20260514T060130Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260530T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260530T103000 DESCRIPTION:Discover the stories of the veterans in Vickburg National Cemet ary.\n\nEvent details: https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm ?id=372D8A81-ADD8-F7F9-C1B553261AFA3C20\n\nAll events: https://www.nps.gov /vick/planyourvisit/calendar.htm URL:https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=372D8A81-ADD8-F7 F9-C1B553261AFA3C20 LOCATION:Vicksburg National Military Park CATEGORIES:Guided Tour END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8F915D39-9A28-5B1F-D8E8F77CD62E3D6D@nps-ical SUMMARY:Life of the Soldier with Douglas the Camel DTSTAMP:20260514T060130Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260702T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260705T120000 DESCRIPTION:Stationed at the Visitor Center will be Doug Baum and his Texas Camel Corps representing Douglas\, the mascot of the 43rd Mississippi Inf antry. Mr. Baum and his camels are a Vicksburg staple that enhances anothe r unique aspect of this watershed moment in American History: the Vicksbur g campaign.\n\nDouglas will be at the Visitor Center on Thursday\, July 2t h\, tthrough Sunday\, July 5th\, 2026 from 9:00 AM-12:00 PM.\n\nCome out a nd see them!\n\nThis programming is sponsored by the Friends of Vicksburg National Military Park and Campaign.\n\nFee info: Entrance fee is required to enter the park. No additional fee beyond the park entrance fee\n\nMore info: https://www.nps.gov/vick/planyourvisit/surrender-weekend.htm\n\nEve nt details: https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=8F915D3 9-9A28-5B1F-D8E8F77CD62E3D6D\n\nAll events: https://www.nps.gov/vick/plany ourvisit/calendar.htm URL:https://www.nps.gov/vick/planyourvisit/surrender-weekend.htm LOCATION:Vicksburg National Military Park CATEGORIES:Living History END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR