This park is beautifully maintained…and huge!
It’s true that the subject matter isn’t everyone’s cup-of-tea, but we made it a point to visit, as the kids have been studying the Civil War, and there is a lot of history here. In a really, really, really small nutshell, President Abraham Lincoln referred to the post at Vicksburg, Mississippi as “the key,” and he believed “the war can never be brought to a close until that key is in our pocket.” The post at Vicksburg surrendered in 1863, and the Federal control of the Mississippi at that point helped ensure the survival of the Union.
