Editing Vicksburg, Mississippi (section)

==Arts and culture==

===Annual cultural events===
Every summer, Vicksburg plays host to the Miss Mississippi Pageant and Parade. Also every summer, the Vicksburg Homecoming Benevolent Club hosts a homecoming weekend/reunion that provides scholarships to graduating high-school seniors. Former residents from across the country return for the event.

Every summer since 1936, [[Vicksburg Theatre Guild]] has hosted ''Gold in the Hills'', which holds the [[Guinness World Record]] for longest-running show.

===Places of interest===
[[File:Vicksburg City Hall, Mississippi.jpg|thumb|Vicksburg City Hall, by architect [[James Riely Gordon]]]]
* Vicksburg City Hall, a 1902 Beaux-Arts Classical Revival style, by architect [[James Riely Gordon]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utaaa/00037/aaa-00037.html |title=James Riely Gordon: An Inventory of his Drawings and Papers, ca. 1890-1937 |website=Lib.utexas.edu |access-date=June 13, 2014 |archive-date=April 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415123450/http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utaaa/00037/aaa-00037.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://misspreservation.com/2011/10/05/two-new-books-for-your-architectural-library/ |title=Two New Books For Your Architectural Library « Preservation in Mississippi |website=Misspreservation.com |date=October 5, 2011 |access-date=June 13, 2014 |archive-date=July 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716170758/http://misspreservation.com/2011/10/05/two-new-books-for-your-architectural-library/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Anchuca|Anchuca Mansion]] (1830)
* [[Balfour House]] (1835)
* [[Beck House (Vicksburg, Mississippi)|Beck House]] (1875)
* [[The Magnolias (Vicksburg, Mississippi)|The Magnolias]] (c. 1877–1880)
* [[McRaven House]] (c. 1797)
* [[Old Warren County Courthouse|Old Court House Museum]] (1861)
* [[Vicksburg National Military Park]]
** [[Pemberton's Headquarters]]
** [[USS Cairo (1861)|U.S.S. Cairo Gunboat & Museum]]
* [[Vicksburg Riverfront Murals]] (2002, 2012)
* [[Vicksburg Theatre Guild]]