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■SI EWSLETTER
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Summer 2015
Volume 57, No. 2
Restoration Planned at Winterville
The Mississippi Department of Archives and History will use $300,000 made available by the 2015 Mississippi Legislature to restore Winterville Mounds to its pre-Columbian appearance. American Indians began
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thousand years ago as their political and ceremonial center. Dozens of earthworks, including the five-story-tall Mound A, were constructed before the area ceased to be used between five and six hundred years ago.
“We are grateful to the legislature and to strong local leaders such as Delta Council executive vice president Chip Morgan, Greenville Garden Club member Lynn Cox, and Southern Research Center biologist Paul Hamel,” said MDAH director Katie Blount. “This project will add to every visitor’s enjoyment and appreciation of the site.”
Winterville Mounds contains intact Native American earthworks on the back portion of the 42-acre site as well as a less archaeologi-cally significant area near Highway 1 that is a popular CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
2MM Project Support Grows
Gifts totaling $1.5 million from Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi and Nissan to the 2 Mississippi Museums project will fund common areas and galleries in the Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. On June 11 MDAH celebrated a $1 million contribution from Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi with the first inside peek at the museums. Known for its support of Mississippi’s communities, arts, and culture, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi was one of the initial contributors to the 2 Mississippi Museums Project in 2013. The gift will fund the orientation theater, which will be housed in the Museum of Mississippi History, where visitors will begin their museum journey.
“Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi is proud to support the 2 Mississippi Museums, which celebrate the culture and history of our state,” said Sheila Grogan, Vice President, Community and Public Relations. “We celebrate the progress Mississippi has made over the years and look forward to sharing our history, our culture and the continuing efforts to build a bright and healthy future for the next generations of Mississippians.”
For more than seventy years Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi has led the way in serving the state’s individuals, businesses, and communities by providing innovative health benefits, wellness programs,
Above, BCBS President and CEO Carol Pigott (left) and Vice President of Community and Public Relations Sheila Grogan received an on-site peek at the 2 Mississippi Museums from 2MM project director Lucy Allen. Below, MDAH director Katie Blount and Allen accept the grill of a Nissan Murano from Jeffrey Webster, director of Diversity and Inclusion for Nissan North America, and members of the Nissan Canton choir.
and resources, as well as extensive support to the Mississippi community through funding of the arts, culture, health and fitness opportunities, community
organizations, and through the work of its Team Blue employee volunteers.
“This building project is the CONTINUED ON PAGE 3