Dec 11  A Warm and Enthusiastic Reception
Channel: Natchez National Historical Park
Date: 11/12/2016

Teresa Busby presents today's Natchez History Minute about the warm and enthusiastic reception held in Natchez on this day, Dec. 11 in 1847 for Gen. Zachary Taylor.  A member of the Whig party,  Taylor was popular among local planters and was no stranger to Natchez, owning a nearby plantation just south of Rodney. The reception began with a 15 gun salute before the procession of honor wound its way through the downtown streets of the city.