https://www.friendsofvicksburg.org/home daily 1.0 2026-07-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2d4868adf13555e37e1c2d/55dc0c01-a1d2-4384-8776-5de69f7b512d/web-resized-selfridge.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2d4868adf13555e37e1c2d/779eb0b4-264b-4bbf-82ac-2aeade7f9323/web-FOV-VC_Rendering_Gallery_9x5.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2d4868adf13555e37e1c2d/54a8113b-3b6c-4581-8d6e-cd9a612e4c6b/web-STOP-12.-Missouri-Detail.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2d4868adf13555e37e1c2d/230e0ad8-7e6f-46ad-90fa-0f8a12c95e53/web-living-history-volunteers-IMG_2984.jpg https://www.friendsofvicksburg.org/who-we-are daily 0.75 2026-08-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2d4868adf13555e37e1c2d/e371967d-2578-44f3-b28e-9bf89b6a5ad6/web-FOV-VC_Rendering_Entry-Road_6x3.jpg Who We Are https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2d4868adf13555e37e1c2d/af1acd75-0312-48bb-a42a-727e936df567/web-students-IMG_2825.jpg Who We Are https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2d4868adf13555e37e1c2d/230e0ad8-7e6f-46ad-90fa-0f8a12c95e53/web-living-history-volunteers-IMG_2984.jpg Who We Are https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2d4868adf13555e37e1c2d/b4a7eaa6-8783-40df-b1be-b18b52bb63f2/preservation-Prescribed-Burns-3.jpg Who We Are https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2d4868adf13555e37e1c2d/5bbad027-ce6b-4fc4-9ec9-91913fbe01bc/web-rhode-island----after.jpg Who We Are https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2d4868adf13555e37e1c2d/cf713e4e-d75f-4669-9b13-0f92b79b1e6d/web-Advocacy.jpg Who We Are https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2d4868adf13555e37e1c2d/ae9486b2-9158-4f67-8552-9f90df65febb/web-STOP-15.--Pemberton-closeup-%28new%29.jpg https://www.friendsofvicksburg.org/donations-at-work daily 0.75 2026-08-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2d4868adf13555e37e1c2d/b4a7eaa6-8783-40df-b1be-b18b52bb63f2/preservation-Prescribed-Burns-3.jpg Donations at Work - Prescribed burns within VNMP to treat and preserve areas that cannot be mowed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2d4868adf13555e37e1c2d/0985f319-03c8-4080-aa07-9cd8941a5267/web-Vicksburg-National-Cemetery-Historic-Indian-Mound---Memorial-Day--2009.jpg Donations at Work - Vicksburg National Cemetery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2d4868adf13555e37e1c2d/1789554596334-UDLSJD0UT2RTUCBDATHC/Monument+Cleaning+2.jpg Donations at Work - Heat treatment cleaning on the New York Monument. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2d4868adf13555e37e1c2d/d78175c2-c01e-45ad-b3d7-64047b958494/web-alabama-state-memorial-before.jpg Donations at Work - Alabama Memorial before restoration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2d4868adf13555e37e1c2d/98ce3ea5-4337-482e-a2a8-78bb691a7681/web-alabama-state-memorial---after.jpg Donations at Work - Alabama Memorial after restoration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2d4868adf13555e37e1c2d/1788206861465-8SCA4F7IWO0G1M9KVSPT/web-missouri-state-memorial---before.jpg Donations at Work - Missouri Memorial before restoration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2d4868adf13555e37e1c2d/1788206861454-WTLO6UOPVVT3UT6NBD3G/web-missouri-state-memorial---after.jpg Donations at Work - Missouri Memorial after restoration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2d4868adf13555e37e1c2d/1790625176654-8203MPE1ILY06FNF0XEI/website-Building-Removal-from-Cannon.jpg Donations at Work - Acquired funds to restore the Illinois Monument and remove a post-war structure from the battlefield area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2d4868adf13555e37e1c2d/1790106905814-T1RYDXAB22ZP7FCWKKS2/FOV-VC_Rendering_Drop-off_6x3.jpg Donations at Work - Rendering of the new Visitor Center exterior. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2d4868adf13555e37e1c2d/1788204835511-YUTO9S1F3JYF0AON5MD5/web-FOV-VC_Rendering_Vburg-Campaign-Theater_6x3.jpg Donations at Work - Rendering of an interactive table inside the new Visitor Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2d4868adf13555e37e1c2d/1790107033029-CCQG2R9K0AOC9UR6BD6O/FOV-VC_Rendering_Pre-War-Gallery_6x3.jpg Donations at Work - Rendering of the new Visitor Center pre-war gallery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2d4868adf13555e37e1c2d/938eea36-1b81-45f1-b62a-0e997d068690/living-history-3rd-USCC.jpg Donations at Work - United States Colored Calvary reenactment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2d4868adf13555e37e1c2d/fd3ed835-9d00-470d-89e3-efbf4da9c550/life-of-a-soldier-program.jpg Donations at Work - Life of a Soldier program. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2d4868adf13555e37e1c2d/a473595b-217b-409b-897b-6974a5152d46/junior-rangers.jpg Donations at Work - Junior Rangers program. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2d4868adf13555e37e1c2d/1790629405144-35R7O29GYSPIEKLI2QQR/website-education-generals-reenactment-4thofJuly1.jpg Donations at Work - Generals reenactment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2d4868adf13555e37e1c2d/1790629450663-C6N7XAYKWX83QLLBPIFY/website-life-of-a-soldier-thumbnail_IMG_6941.jpg Donations at Work - Life of a Soldier program. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2d4868adf13555e37e1c2d/cf713e4e-d75f-4669-9b13-0f92b79b1e6d/web-Advocacy.jpg Donations at Work - Advocacy at the state and federal government level. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2d4868adf13555e37e1c2d/1789584920492-ECFLYHZZICTOV73VDHOI/Restoration%2BDonation.jpg Donations at Work - Acquired federal and private funding to support the restoration of the iconic Illinois Monument. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2d4868adf13555e37e1c2d/1790629685789-OYSNVYX8X9J5C6V62BT5/website-Raymond-Battlefield-Cannons.jpg Donations at Work - Raymond Battlefield added to Vicksburg National Military Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2d4868adf13555e37e1c2d/1789585031434-OPFBZHLD9YY0FLYE5690/Senator%2BVisit.jpg Donations at Work - Senator Rodgers Wicker learning about the USS Cairo preservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2d4868adf13555e37e1c2d/1790625393629-2ZJERC0QPVTGT2EQ4NLS/website-Road-Opening-Ribbon-Cutting.jpg Donations at Work - Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith celebrating the reopening of an area of the tour road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2d4868adf13555e37e1c2d/46f6f27c-7405-4dbb-b23b-90ae658421bf/volunteers-candles.jpg Donations at Work - Placing luminaries, one for each soldier killed, wounded, or missing, during the 47-day Siege of Vicksburg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2d4868adf13555e37e1c2d/34628018-b1f5-43b5-afa6-d03990d71ffa/park-day-Headstone-Cleaning-2025.jpg Donations at Work - Cleaning headstones in the Vicksburg National Cemetery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2d4868adf13555e37e1c2d/1789554794468-E6MWO8V0Z6414JD53Q1Z/Memorial%2BDay%2BFlags.png Donations at Work - Placing flags at nearly 17,000 graves for Memorial Day weekend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2d4868adf13555e37e1c2d/1790629523686-86HUIR0X11XODLZTFUAL/website-junior-ranger-camp-IMG_4227.jpg Donations at Work - Junior Ranger Camp activities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2d4868adf13555e37e1c2d/1790629529614-TBWWO8PZHH1Y399586IC/website-volunteers-luminariesIMG_2958.jpg Donations at Work - Placing luminaries to remember the Siege of Vicksburg. https://www.friendsofvicksburg.org/visitor-center daily 0.75 2026-08-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2d4868adf13555e37e1c2d/27af6d0e-24ad-42d2-a4ac-5ba655ec3c9c/vickburg-artifact---veterans-badge.jpg Visitor Center A vintage metal badge with a shield shape, featuring a painted brown flower with green leaves in the center and the text "Vicksburg Veterans" at the top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a2d4868adf13555e37e1c2d/f255c1db-5a35-41d4-9ae6-55c7b6c8fab6/vicksburg-artifact---photo-man.jpg Visitor Center A black and white photo of a young man in Civil War-era clothing standing beside an ornate chair with a high back, in front of a backdrop with a draped curtain and pillar. 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