Join us on Thursday, June 11, at 6 p.m. for an America250 celebration of gospel music, freedom, and hope, featuring live performances, storytelling, and a community sing-along. This free event, honoring oral traditions through generations of communities, will take place in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium at the Two Mississippi Museums, in partnership with the Grassroots Gospel Project. This program is part of the MDAH Religion Initiative, which is made possible by a grant through Lilly Endowment’s Religion and Cultural Institutions Initiative. For more information, call 601 576-6850 or email info@mdah.ms.gov.
At noon on Wednesday, June 3, Eric Hintz, director of the Smithsonian Institution’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, will present reflections on regional innovation cultures while highlighting Mississippi’s significant contributions to American industry and innovation, as part of the History Is Lunch series.