May 3 2012

Today, Vicksburg Remembers Historic 2011 Mississippi River Flood

(Above: City, State, and Military Officials presenting at the Ceremony)

Today, May 18, 2012, the City of Vicksburg held a ceremony dedicating a flood marker along the walls of the flood gates in Vicksburg to remember the historic 2011 Mississippi River Flood which measured in at 57.1 feet at the crest one year ago from today. This flood would go down to shatter the old record set back in 1927. The ceremony was held just across from Clay Street in Downtown Vicksburg by the waters side on the East end of the flood wall. This time last year the area pictured above was completely underwater. Administration from the City of Vicksburg, the State of Mississippi, and the Army Corps of Engineers all spoke at the ceremony. Markers have been placed atop the flood walls in Vicksburg marking the crest from just one year ago, the lives and property lost, and the will power and strength it took to hold back the mighty Mississippi.

-Vincent Webb

Interview from Division Commander Jeffrey Eckstein