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Gulf Coast
When: March 22-April 3 Tour:
March 22—Hancock Welcome Center March 23—Bay St. Louis
March 24~Diamondhead and Stennis Space Center March 25—Pass Christian March 26-Gulf'port March 27-Ocean Springs/Gull Hills March 28-Gautier/Moss Point/Pascagoula March 29—Legendary Oaks and Historical Cemeteries (west of Highway 49)
March 30— Beauvoir
March 31-Legendary Oaks and Historical Cemeteries (east of Highway 49)
April 1—Long Beach April 2—Biloxi downtown April 3—Biloxi residential While There: Visit Beauvoir, the last home of Jefferson Davis, Biloxi; J. L. Scott Marine Education Center and Aquarium, and Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum, Point Cadet Plaza. Biloxi; Mardi Gras Museum in antebellum Magnolia Hotel, Biloxi; Fort Massachusetts on Ship Island; Mississippi Museum of Art/Gulf Coast in Biloxi Library and Cultural Center; Marine Life Oceanarium, Gulfport; Old Town, Bay St. Louis; Buccaneer State Park, Waveland; Gulf Islands National Seashore, Ocean Springs; Walter Anderson Museum of Art and Shearwater Pottery, Ocean Springs; Old Spanish Fort and Museum, and Scranton Floating Museum, Pascagoula Contact: Mississippi Gulf Coast Council of Garden Clubs, Mrs. N. Lee Stanbro, Pilgrimage Chairman, 22423 Fox Run Drive, Pass Christian, MS 39571, 452-9287
Belle B’Anne, Gulf Coast
Holly Springs
When: April 16-18
Time: Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m.-2 p.m., 1-5 p.m. Sunday 1p.m.-5p.m. (excluding Montrose); Evenings at Montorse 5:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday Tour: 8 antebellum homes, 3 antebellum churches Price: $16 for adults, $14 senior citizens, $8 students ages 12-17, children 12 and under free when accompanied by parent; $7 per person in student groups of 20 or more with sponsor
Headquarters: Marshall County Library, 109 East Ghol-son Avenue
Highlights: Organ recitals at three antebellum churches; Festival of Art and Architecture featuring special displays at each tour home of the works of recognized Southern painters, sculptors, and photographers and collections of local Civil War artifacts, costumes, linens, and antiques—some available for purchase; Dinner at Montrose with superb Southern cuisine in 1858 mansion, music of the Old South, living history presentation called "Pages From The Past," 5:30 p.m., $26 per person While There: See Marshall County Historical Museum;
Airliewood, Holly Springs
8A MARCH/APRII. 1993


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