2022 ~ Memorial Day Pictures @ Vicksburg National Military Park & Cemetery

I took random pictures earlier today in the Vicksburg National Military Cemetery, where no vehicles are allowed because of road erosion.

There are nearly 18,000 burials in the Vicksburg National Military Cemetery. Around 17,000 of those are Union war dead. The remaining are "unknowns." In addition, more the 5,500 were of the U. S. colored troops, which were African American soldiers who served with distinction. There are more than just Civil War veterans buried at the cemetery. Veterans from the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, and the Korean War.

You will also see the Port of Vicksburg in the distance, the Navy Memorial in the background, the tallest monument in the park, and the U. S. S. Cairo Museum nearby.

Port of Vicksburg and Yazoo Diversion Canal.

U. S. S. Cairo

Magnolia - State Flower of Mississippi.

U. S. S. Cairo in the Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, MS.