What is National Mississippi Day?
We recognize each state in the order they entered the union, beginning with Hawaii and ending with Hawaii on Independence Day. We feature a small part of each state's past, foods, and the people who make up the state. There's so much more to discover, we can't help but celebrate our beautiful country even more.
How did you learn to spell Mississippi? How did you learn to spell Mississippi? Was it the M-I crooked letter-crooked letter-crooked letter-I-crooked letter-crooked letter-I-crooked letter-I-crooked letter-I-crooked letter-I-crooked letter-I-crooked letter-I-humpback-I rhyme? Did you keep track of the seconds by counting one Mississippi, two Mississippi, or both Mississippi? If you did, you're not alone. Millions around the country are recalling doing this and other related word associations with the name Mississippi!
Along the western boundary of the state, the Mississippi River flows into the Gulf of Mexico, and derives the river's name from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi, which means "Great River."
In the middle to late 19th century, Blues music flourished along the Mississippi Delta in the Mississippi Delta. Blues music will gradually expand to include a crop of singers and a variety of new genres within a few decades.
