The 2017 Natchez Trace Parkway Association Annual Meeting will be held in Kosciusko, MS (mile marker 160 on the parkway) on the Public Square at 4:00 p.m. in Barrister Hall.  The meeting will be held in conjunction with a full day of events hosted by the City of Kosciusko Tourism Council to commemorate the State of Mississippi Bicentennial.  Natchez Trace Parkway Association Living History will provide educational events for the day, and we will introduce a new program to mark the Old Natchez Trace.

Event highlights:

Saturday, October 28

9:30 a.m. Grand Parade of Natchez Trace Characters

                Ceremony to Mark the Old Natchez Trace at Red Bud Springs

9:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Living History, Period Music, Period Dance, Blacksmith, Period Cooking, Choctaw Dances, Choctaw Fry Bread, Re-creation of Choate’s Stand on the Old Trace, Period Duel, Tecumseh’s Speech to Indian Nations and Pushmataha’s Rebuttal, 

4:00 p.m.  NTPA Business Meeting

5:00 p.m.  Hospitality and Dinner by the City of Kosciusko at Barrister’s Hall- (Ticketed event)

7:00 p.m.  Lantern Tour of Historic City Cemetery by the Historical Society.

Sunday, October 29

Period Worship Service

Check back for additional details  at natcheztrace.org and click on Upcoming Events or email us at info@natcheztrace.org