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Neshoba County Fair. The Neshoba County Fair, also known as Mississippi's Giant House Party, is an annual event of agricultural, political, and social entertainment held a few miles from Philadelphia, Mississippi. The fair was first established in 1889 and is the nation's largest campground fair. The event usually starts at the end of July and ...
Legacy. v. t. e. On August 3, 1980, presidential candidate Ronald Reagan appeared at the Neshoba County Fair in Neshoba County, Mississippi, to give a speech on states' rights. The location, which was near the site of the 1964 murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner was, according to critics, evidence of racial bias.
The annual Neshoba County Fair returns Friday, July 26, through Friday, Aug. 2, in Philadelphia and plenty of great entertainment is in store for the week of the annual event that is known as ...
Legacy. v. t. e. On August 3, 1980, presidential candidate Ronald Reagan appeared at the Neshoba County Fair in Neshoba County, Mississippi, to give a speech on states' rights. The location, which was near the site of the 1964 murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner was, according to critics, evidence of racial bias.
Several Mississippi State Historical Markers have been erected relating to this incident: Freedom Summer Murders (1989), near Mount Zion United Methodist Church in Neshoba County [66] [67] Goodman, Cheney, and Schwerner Murder Site (2008, later vandalized and rededicated in 2013), at the intersection of MS 19 and County Road 515 [67]
Neshoba County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 29,087. [1] Its county seat is Philadelphia. [2] The county is known for the Neshoba County Fair and harness horse races. It is home of the Williams Brothers Store, which has been in operation since the early 1900s.
Philadelphia in June 1964 was the scene of the murders of civil rights workers James Chaney, a 21-year-old black man from Meridian, Mississippi; Andrew Goodman, a 20-year-old Jewish anthropology student from New York City; and Michael Schwerner, a 24-year-old Jewish CORE organizer and former social worker, also from New York. Their deaths ...
Entrance into the Neshoba County Fairgrounds. 5. Philadelphia Historic District. Philadelphia Historic District. March 4, 1983. (#83000964) Holland and Poplar Aves. and Jefferson, Watkins, and Welsh Sts. 32°46′07″N 89°06′24″W / 32.768611°N 89.1067°W / 32.768611; -89.1067 (Philadelphia Historic District) Philadelphia.