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15/05/2009 2:43 pm
Last week while I was visiting the First Presbyterian Church at Port Gibson, Mississippi, I took these updated photos of the three chandeliers that once hung in the cabin of the Str. ROBT. E. LEE, built at my hometown of New Albany, Indiana in 1866 and famous for her 1870 race with the NATCHEZ. The church is open daily for visitors, so if you happen to be passing through the town that General Grant declared "too beautiful to burn", stop in and take a look!
16/05/2009 11:45 pm
MDOT Proposal?
Whatever happened with the MDOT plan for widening the main drag through Port Gibson and routing a heavy volume of vehicular traffic through the historic side of town? I remember many of us DOgs signing a petition to prevent it from happening.
17/05/2009 1:46 am
I presume that is a little statue of Robert E. Lee on a horse on the chandelier, hence the link to the steamboat and the unique quality of the lamps.
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18/05/2009 11:24 am
The petition gleaned far more signatures than the goal of 2500 and they also have been able to hire a "high powered" lawyer. A friend in Port Gibson told me that the issue has become very quiet, but everybody is still vigilant. It was heartening to see that all the yellow tape that encircled the trees (that would be cut down) along Church Street has disappeared, as have the majority of the SAVE CHURCH STREET signs in yards.