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OLD SHIELDSBORO
STATE HISTORICAL MARKER RELOCATION CITY HALL LAWN OCTOBER 21, 1981	2:00 p.m.
PROGRAM
Introduction of Mayor Bennett --------- Mrs. Peggy Gibbens, President
Prayer -------------------------------- Rev. Jim Russell, Principal
Bay Catholic Elementary & O.L.A.
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag ------ American Legion Commander
V.F.W. Commander
Introduction of Bay Councilmen -------- Mayor Bennett
History of Shieldsboro ---------------- J.P. Compretta
Accomplishments of Local Society ------ John Rutherford
Bay St. Louis Miss Hospitality -------- Janet Aime
Unveiling of Marker ------------------- Mayor Bennett & Charlene Clark
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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
OLD SHIELDSBOROUGH on the 21st of April 1818 officially incorporated and named by Act of the first general assembly of the State of Mississippi. In Hancock County this region was originally inhabited by the Choctaw Indians and others under the Spanish Dominion 1540-1699; French on April 8, 1699-1779, Spain 1795 - At Natchez - 1798. April 7, 1798 the Mississippi Territory was created and Winthrop Sargent appointed the first territorial governor. Mississippi admitted to the Union by Act of Congress on December 10, 1817, the twelfth state to enter the Union.
Hancock County Historical Society Committee:	A1	Summy	who	donated
his services by repainting the Marker, Irene Hille, Chairman;
Lucille Boudreaux, Elda Duke, Fannie Marquez and, Historical Background, Margaret M., Gibbens, President of the local Historical Society.