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Raise the Flag in Rolling Fork
Seven months post tornado, and the flag pole in the Grove of Memories on Highway 61 is still laying on the ground. LDP has taken on the project of installing a new pole and flags with hopes of having it completed by Veterans Day. Working with A Complete Flag Source out of Jackson, MS, LDP…
Great Delta Bear Affair 2023 – “Bearly Here but Building Back”
Despite the orange safety fencing and the “Caution – Watch Your Step” signs, the Great Delta Bear Affair was a huge success in downtown Rolling Fork. The Bear Affair, a project of Mississippi’s Lower Delta Partnership, took place on Saturday, October 28, in its usual place downtown. Vendors were arranged differently, because any vendors needing…
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Rolling Fork Marker Rededications
In the month following the March 24, EF4 tornado, Stuart Rockoff chairman of the Mississippi Humanities Council reached out to LDP coordinator Meg Cooper asking what they could do to help Rolling Fork restore any cultural/heritage assets in the city. Thanks to an emergency funding grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, written by…
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Raise the Flag in Rolling Fork
Seven months post tornado, and the flag pole in the Grove of Memories on Highway 61 is still laying on the ground. LDP has taken on the project of installing a new pole and flags with hopes of having it completed by Veterans…
Great Delta Bear Affair 2023 – “Bearly Here but Building Back”
Despite the orange safety fencing and the “Caution – Watch Your Step” signs, the Great Delta Bear Affair was a huge success in downtown Rolling Fork. The Bear Affair, a project of Mississippi’s Lower Delta Partnership, took place on Saturday, October 28, in…
Continue Reading Great Delta Bear Affair 2023 – “Bearly Here but Building Back”
Rolling Fork Marker Rededications
In the month following the March 24, EF4 tornado, Stuart Rockoff chairman of the Mississippi Humanities Council reached out to LDP coordinator Meg Cooper asking what they could do to help Rolling Fork restore any cultural/heritage assets in the city. Thanks to an…