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1956 Pilgrimage Brochure HOLLY SPRINGS Mississippi Garden Club Tour Grey Gables
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1956 Pilgrimage Brochure HOLLY SPRINGS Mississippi Garden Club Tour Grey GablesOriginal promotional brochure for the annual pilgrimage tour of antebellum homes and colorful gardens of Holly Springs, Mississippi, printed more than 59 years ago.
The tour was sponsored by the Holly Springs Garden Club, and the brochure was distributed by the Mississippi Agricultural & Industrial Board, Jackson.
It opens to 9" x 8" and includes a description of the tour, with a photograph of "Grey Gables," a two-story home with flamboyant Italianate features, restored by the Holly Springs Garden Club for use as a club and other civic activities.
Condition:
This brochure is in
excellent condition,
bright and clean, with faint toning along the outer edges, and
no
marks, rips, or tears.
During the War Between the States, Confederate General Earl Van Dorn led a raid of the town, which had been occupied by Union forces as part of General Ulysses S. Grant’s plan to capture Vicksburg. Van Dorn's cavalry raid drove away the Yankee defenders, successfully disrupting Grant’s campaign.
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