Battle of Champion Hill 152nd Anniversary Event


Friday afternoon, the day before the event		The day before the event. View looking north from near the Champion House marker


The day before the event		The day before the event. Champion House marker in right center background


The 152nd Anniversary Event was held on the grounds of the Champion Hill Missionary Baptist Church and site of the original Champion House during the Battle of Champion Hill		Featured Speaker, Bertram Hayes-Davis, great-great grandson of Jefferson and Varina Davis


The Color Guard before the start of the activities		Rebecca Drake opening the 152nd anniversary event


Event organizers, Rebecca Drake, Raymond, MS and Sid S. Champion V, Clinton, MS		Sid S. Champion V, Clinton, MS. Great-great grandson of Sid and Matilda Champion, owners of the Champion Plantation during the Battle of Champion Hill


Bertram Hayes-Davis, great-great grandson of Jefferson and Varina Davis		Bertram Hayes-Davis