Museum program will provide information about state historic markers

William “Brother” Rogers will be the speaker at Museum Moments on May 20, at noon, at the Union County Heritage Museum. May is Preservation Month and Rogers will talk about learning history from the many state Historic Markers.

Since 1949, the State Historical Marker program has interpreted historic sites throughout the state. More than 1,000 markers can be found near buildings, battlefields, cemeteries, churches, temples, forts, homes, schools and abandoned towns. For tourists this may be their only glimpse into the state’s rich history. State historic markers are privately funded. Union County has 12 markers throughout the county and soon to be 13, as MDAH has recently approved the historical society’s request for a marker for B. F. Ford School. The Union County Historical Society has sponsored four of the markers in Union County and will sponsor the B. F. Ford marker.

Programs and Communications Director for the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Rogers has photographed most of the historic markers in the State of Mississippi and has them on a website.

Prior to his work at MDAH, he was director of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service. He grew up in Brandon and was a high school exchange student in Kyoto, Japan.

The program will begin at noon. A sack lunch is available beginning at 11:30 prepared by the Museum Guild. The program is free.