It all began with "The Stone".......on loan from the Cabildo in New Orleans. Arriving in secrecy with an armed escort, this stone caused great consternation, excitement, and sibling rivalry to occur. The sibling rivalry being the fond feud between Ocean Springs and Biloxi regarding who was discovered first.........Ocean Springs or Biloxi?.............This cornerstone represents the establishment of the French fort by the explorers, Lemoyne and D'Iberville........in OCEAN SPRINGS!!! Yay!!! Now that we all KNOW THE TRUTH............the.hubster and I ventured downtown Ocean Springs to semi-document the activities (we had our own agenda, drinks, dinner, socializing)......
..First stop was Hancock Bank where the Landing re-enactment group was presented as well as the above mentioned stone............(After I took the above picture....the stone was ceremoniously covered with a plexiglass cover (hopefully bulletproof) and a flag so it could be ceremoniously UNCOVERED for the local news media IN THE MIDDLE of the presentation of the cast members..............
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| 1699 Re-enactors awaiting their debut |
Audience members, George and Joey.........George expressed to me his desire to actually hold the stone and maybe take it home and place it on his fireplace mantle for a few days so he could study it more closely.......he said he knew some people, who knew some people that would be happy to help him with this..........I did not hear of the security guard having to wrestle with anybody.............so I have to assume that George was disappointed....well there is always next year......
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| Always good to have a nun present to provide holy guidance |
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| Must be nice married to a celebrity |
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| The Casquette girls were also on hand |
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Father and son......Dad can I wear the hat now?
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| Serious discussion about the unveiling of "The Stone" |
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| The Office supervisors have readied the beer truck for quick distribution |
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| Music in the Streets!! |
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| Everyone came! Even on skateboards! |
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| What a fun night! | |
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Ok, so by now I am getting hungry...........headed to
Tom's Extreme Pizzeria located behind Salmagundi's
It was packed with families, noisy kids and great pizza!!!!
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| Yummy!!! |
Saturday, meant more Landing stuff including a Mass as St. Alphonus Church, a luncheon for participants at the Ocean Springs Yacht Club, the Landing itself and afterwards, a cardboard boat regatta, and fireworks, also a pet parade and a real sailing regatta.......see some quick pics from Saturday.....
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| Volleyball before the big event! |
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| BBQ and Sno-Cones! |
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| "The Stone" was escorted to this pavilion safely for display again! |
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| The audience is gathering |
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| Good friends.......a beautiful day!!! |
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| The natives await the French explorers. |
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| I wondered how far this boat made it in the cardboard boat regatta! |
I know that many people enjoyed and celebrated the history of Ocean Springs by participating and viewing the Landing ceremonies, however a couple of the participants got so swept up in the excitement of the event that they refused to remove their costumes and were seen commandeering the Biloxi Schooner. They could be heard shouting something about "We'll show those people across the bay, a thing or two about history!"
Get those cannons, ready!
If you see them, they are harmless, just ask them to return the costumes, no questions will be asked...
Au Revoir, until next year!!
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