I toured Beauvoir, Jefferson Davis’s home. A President of the Confederacy; I can’t say I had every really given that much thought. Raised a Northerner I guess. He had pretty nice digs in his later life. The locals show a lot of pride in their heritage and Confederate links. The tour guide says no Confederate Memorials get Federal money…I wonder which side’s pride causes that?
Major storms are historical bookmarks around here. There are memorials to those lost in the past storms and high water marks identified on structures that managed to survive. Katrina scars are still scattered across the landscape in abandoned buildings and remnants of stately live oak. Recovering and rebuilding seem to be full time tasks. Forever rising from the rubble. They are certainly some determined folks down here. The Biloxi lighthouse has become an icon of Gulf Coast resilience.