Friendly, knowledgeable staff who are very helpful. I enjoy…read moregoing to the library. Supposedly, I am a knowledge seeker from genealogy to economic news for professional use. I also enjoy seeing children working on projects or just hanging out with their Mom and Dad for story time or reading a book with them. The Library does make an effort to have interesting programs for Everyone. Hope you enjoy your visit to the Brandon Public Library! It is an adventure.

Saw they only had 3 stars which I found insane. I have loved going here for years and they have so…read moremuch to do. I recently took my nephew with me too and they had many books for him to choose from and even bird watching. They also still rent out movies and video games. Having the park and trail behind the library is also a huge plus.

Barnett Reservoir is a must-see if you are in the Jackson, Mississippi area…read more Barnett Reservoir has a lot of restaurants and parks surrounding it. It is vibrant and definitely a place that inspires tranquility within your soul. I would definitely recommend a visit here.

I love visiting the rez. Always peaceful and relaxing to sit next to water and reflect.read more

This building is to honor all people who have served and passed away from Mississippi from 1776 to…read morecurrent. I am not sure what is inside this building, but it is quite impressive from the outside. It is right beside the Old Capitol Museum.

This building is gorgeous. You will find it on next to the Old Capital Building, on north-east part…read moreof the old capitol green. I do not think that people can enter it, but the exterior is nice, especially for architecture fans. It features unique cast aluminum doors and features panels that recreate scenes from the famous Battle of Ackia in 1736 to the Vietnam War. The front of the building above the entrance to the quad reads: PEACE SHALL COME TO THOSE WHO SERVE FOR PEACE. The grounds are well maintained and the lawn is picturesque. It is as beautiful as, and enhance the building. In front of the building are two limestone sculpture panels, one on each side of the entrance to the quad, representing a single soldier at war, winning the peace, and returning home and picking up on his life again. If you look closely, you will notice that all of the figures have the same face, even the woman, because they represent one person, or the life of one person in many seasons. In the center of the quad you will find a Tomb of an Unknown Soldier, representing all of the Mississippians lost in all of the wars. The sides of the tomb has four stars along the bottom and reads: "MAY THIS SYMBOL STAND GUARD OVER THE IDEALS AND PURPOSES FOR WHICH GALLANT MISSISSIPPIANS SUFFERED AND MAY IT SERVE AS INSPIRATION TO US TO SHIELD FOREVER THE FRAGILE QUALITY OF LIBERTY". The back of the tomb reads: "TIME WILL NOT DIM THE GLORY OF THEIR DEEDS" Behind the tomb is an American flag that is flying at half-mast. Above the entrance leading into the building, behind the tomb, the building is inscribed with "HOW SWEET MUST BE THE PEACE THE HEROES FIND". The green space in front of the building is well maintained and you will find an information placard on the grounds that gives some background on the building. There is also a small sculpture/memorial located on the side of the building, to its left. It is dedicated to the Mississippi volunteers that helped with the 1889 War with Spain. It has built-in benches and an inscription that reads "HONOR TO HEROES IS GLORY TO GOD". This is definitely worth a visit, even if you cannot go in. The beauty of this memorial is that a visit here can be coupled with a visit to the Old Capital Building and is very close to the two museums.

Before coming across this monumnet I had no idea what Woodmen of the World were or ven thier…read moreesistance. Woodmen of the World is the largest fraternal benefit society with open membership in the US. This monument is located on the southeast corner of the Old City Hall in Jackson. It was dedicated in 1912 and is made of Grecian grey granite. It was erected, using slave labor, to honor 36 Woodmen of Mississippi, whose graves were not marked by the customary monument or marker. It cost $7,505.58 to complete. It is interesting to note that this was one of very few structures in Jackson to survive the burnings the city following the Union's taking of this city towards the end of the Civil War and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969. This monument is in decent shape, especially given its age, and has a nice paved path that leads to it from different directions. It is in a shaded area and has benches to sit on. It is not a highly trafficked memorial. It is about 14 feet long and has the following engraving: "1912, WOODMEN OF THE WORLD, 1912", "In Memoriam by the Woodmen of the World",and Love - Honor And Remembrance" . You will also see a large WoW medallion on the monument. There is metered street parking out front of the memorial and there are commercial parking lots and additional metered street parking within a reasonable walking distance. This is definitely worth a a few minutes of your time if you are in the area. Anyway, as with most memorials that I have visited and reviewed, I was there less than 10 minutes. You may want to consider planning out additional stops at many of the other attractions, or making this stop part of a larger itinerary to maximize your time and trip.

I have to admit I am a hidden history nerd. I love hearing learning reading and researching. I love…read more tidbits of information as it pertains to discovering our pat and shaping our future. They MS Archives Building is one is the top sources of documented history in the state of Mississippi. It provides detailed- traceable accounts of telling the story of the State. I must commend the team of researchers, they make a point to locate and acknowledge that MS history is, in a large part a complicated and spread out history that attributes much of its stories through oral tradition. Yet there is a mecca of informative archives that provide a wealth of information to any local and curious historical person out there. If you are a writer and are looking for verification after in hearing the many stories that circulate about the State of MS, I would start here.

This bronze statue sits behind the Old City Hall in Jackson, MS, the centerpiece of Josh Halbert…read moreGardens. It was built in 1968 and dedicated in 1972. It is the work of the late artist Katherine Rhymes Speed Ettl who was new to sculpting at the time. This is not particularly a confederate memorial, but has seemed to drum just as much controversy. In 2020, the city voted voted 5-1 to have the statue removed. After the vote, Mayor Chokwe Lumumba said it was time to "divorce" the city "from the legacy of a brutal owner of enslaved people who was instrumental in initiating the Trail of Tears against indigenous people." As I previously mentioned, calls for removing the Jackson statue were not because of any confederate ties, but because he was just a bad dude. While serving as a US general, Jackson led military campaigns of terror against the Creek Nation, the Florida Seminoles and the Chickasaw in Tennessee and Alabama; winning all of them, and subsequently driving Native Americans into desperation. It was also written that he burned their villages, enslaved their women and children and instructed his soldiers to cut off the noses of dead Native American warriors to keep a tally of the dead. While President, Jackson continued his campaign against Native Americans with the mass expulsion of them from their lands through the Indian Removal Act, which resulted in thousands of them dying on the Trail of Tears. The sculpture overlooks a waterfall (which was not working while I was there) in the garden. It is darker than most other bronze statues that I have seen. I almost appears black. It is still in great shape though. A new site or final disposition of the statue has yet to be decided. It is not without its suitors though.The city was contacted by the National Park Service and they expressed an interest in acquiring the statue and relocating it to the Hermitage in Tennessee. Most people believe that it will end up in a local museum such as the Smith Robertson Museum. There is metered street parking and commercial parking lots and additional metered street parking within a reasonable walking distance from the garden that the statue is located. If you are luckily you can snag one of the metered spots in the back of the CIty Hall. My rating is based on the sculpture itself and and not any of the controversy that surrounds it. Anyway, as with most statues that I have visited and reviewed, I was there less than 10 minutes. You may want to consider planning out additional stops at many of the other attractions, or making this stop part of a larger itinerary to maximize your time and trip.