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Federal Tipoffs Involving Mississippi Newsletter for Wednesday July 17, 2024 ( 2 items )  

Interior Department Prepares to Nominate U.S. Civil Rights Movement Sites for World Heritage List
WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today announced that she has authorized the National Park Service to prepare a potential nomination for 11 U.S. Civil Rights Movement sites in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Mississippi, Virginia and DC to be added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. If designated, the sites would join other cultural and natural sites of universal importance, such as Grand Ca  more

Preserving History: Army Engineer Research & Development Center Research Aims to Revive Nation's Oldest West Coast Naval Cemetery
VICKSBURG, Mississippi, July 17 -- The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center issued the following news story: By Sophia Espinosa, Public Affairs Specialist, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center VALLEJO, California --- For many, cemeteries are a place of remembrance, honor and peace. On top of that, for a group of researchers at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), cemeteries also hold a significant amount of respect and history. "We have a   more