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The Lakeport Legacies July presentation will be “Annie Read Reeves’ Chicot County Civil War Diary, 1861-1863” by Dr. Blake Wintory, directory of the Lakeport Plantation. Lakeport Legacies is a monthly history talk held at the Lakeport Plantation focusing on history in the Delta. Presentations are held on one of the last Thursdays of the spring and summer months at 5:30 p.m. with the program starting at 6:00 p.m. All events are free and open to the public. Guests are asked to RSVP. For more information call 870.265.6031 or visit http://lakeport.astate.edu.

The Lakeport Legacies August presentation will be “Delta Modern (Architecture)” by Jennifer Baughn, Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Lakeport Legacies is a monthly history talk held at the Lakeport Plantation focusing on history in the Delta. Presentations are held on one of the last Thursdays of the spring and summer months at 5:30 p.m. with the program starting at 6:00 p.m. All events are free and open to the public. Guests are asked to RSVP. For more information call 870.265.6031 or visit http://lakeport.astate.edu.

The Lakeport Legacies June presentation will be “Absentee Masters of the Mississippi River” by Dr. Kelly Jones, Austin Peay University. Lakeport Legacies is a monthly history talk held at the Lakeport Plantation focusing on history in the Delta. Presentations are held on one of the last Thursdays of the spring and summer months at 5:30 p.m. with the program starting at 6:00 p.m. All events are free and open to the public. Guests are asked to RSVP. For more information call 870.265.6031 or visit http://lakeport.astate.edu.