This program is Friday, January 7, 2011 from 10 a.m.-noon in the House of Representatives Chamber at the Old Capitol Museum. It will feature the following speakers:
- Reenactment of the speech of John Wood, delegate to the Secession Convention from Kosciusko, by Ray McFarland
- “Into the Abyss: Secession and Confederate Revolution” by George Rable
- “Observations on the Mississippi Secession Convention” by Timothy Smith
January 7 is the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Secession Convention, which convened in Jackson (at the Old Capitol, of course) to discuss Mississippi’s exit from the Union in 1861. The Ordinance of Secession document, signed by members of the convention, will be on display in the Chancery Court at the Old Capitol for the program and for the rest of 2011.
For more information, please call 601-576-6920.