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[Harlan (Deceased)]

"Yes, I remember. And do you remember Nappie Roots in Vicksburg that you sent me a picture of? Well, I recently drove by it!"

John, when I saw that shop I almost drove off the road!



We loved Vicksburg and thanks for suggesting Vicksburg as a stopover halfway to Birmingham. The little town seemed like it hasn't changed much for a long, long time and retains the culture of the old South.

There's a statue honoring WWI soldiers that was located in the little downtown square. (He's holding a 1903)


There was an old drug store on the old main street shops that had old guns all the way around the store hung on the walls near the ceiling. The owner of the store was an older lady and I asked her about the guns. She said that they had belonged to a previous owner of the store who has passed away. She didn't know anything about them and said they were in the store when she bought it so she left them up as decorations.
(I almost cried)





The memorial cemetery and battleground are were astounding. The area is beautiful, well maintained, and there's a little road that winds for miles through it. I took too many photos to show here, but this old ironclad they had gotten from the bottom of the Mississippi was one of the most interesting things there to me.



Later in the evening we were driving around looking at all the old buildings etc. I found another old cemetery on the edge of town that was deserted. It was a really run down area of town and there was nobody in the whole cemetery. The mood was really different here and it seemed like you could almost feel ghosts of the soldiers. Most all dates of death were very close.

If anyone who hasn't been to Vicksburg has the chance to visit, it is well worth the trip.
~ Harlan