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Hattiesburg is the 5th most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi, located primarily in Forrest County (where it is the county seat and most populous city) [4] and extending west into Lamar County.
The African American Military History Museum, also known as East Sixth Street USO Building, located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States, opened to the public on May 23, 2009. The museum building was originally constructed in 1942 as a USO Club for African American soldiers who were stationed at Camp Shelby .
Location of Forrest County in Mississippi. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Forrest County, Mississippi. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Forrest County, Mississippi, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are ...
Camp Shelby is a military post whose South Gate is located at the southern boundary of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on U.S. Highway 49. It is the largest state-owned training site in the nation. During wartime, the camp's mission is to serve as a major independent mobilization station of the United States Army Forces Command (FORSCOM).
Lici Beveridge, Hattiesburg American January 10, 2024 at 2:08 PM In 2016, 50 years after the death of civil rights activist Vernon Dahmer, he was honored by the Mississippi Legislature.
William H. Hardy Monument in Gulfport, Mississippi Although the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad changed hands to Joseph T. Jones , Hardy remained involved as a board member until 1899. His election to the Mississippi State Legislature in 1895 kept him at the State Capital in Jackson enough to make involvement with the railroad less possible.
Mississippi is known as the birthplace of American music. Hattiesburg took that music to a new level by producing the first-known recordings of rock 'n' roll music featuring the Graves brothers ...
Forrest County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi.As of the 2020 census, the population was 78,158. [2] Its county seat and largest city is Hattiesburg. [3] The county was created from Perry County in 1908 and named in honor of Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate general in the American Civil War and the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.