MAG America The Beautiful Quarters SET # 1
2011 S CLAD VIICKSBURG

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Vicksburg National Military Park information

Vicksburg National Military Park was originally established on February 21, 1899 in the state of Mississippi as the fifth national military park under the control of the War Department of the United States. Ownership of the park was transferred to the U.S. Department of the Interior and the National Park Service on August 10, 1933.

Qualifying as the eighth oldest national park in the US, Vicksburg was created to commemorate the siege and defense of Vicksburg and today consists of over 1,800 acres. Included in those 1,800 acres are 1,325 historic monuments and markers, 20 miles of Civil War era trenches and earthworks, 144 cannon and even a restored gunboat known as the USS Cairo.