Mississippi

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-155th Infantry Regiment of the 31st Infantry Division. Worked alongside Louisiana (156th), Florida (124th) and Alabama (167th)
-Had to have been born before 1799 because that's about the time her first militia was formed. She's the one who captured Aaron Burr.
-Mississippi is Louisiana's little sister and was born at Natchez in 1716.
-Mississippi tends to run in the same circles as Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina.
-Currently has the highest poverty rate in the U.S., but she's still a lady and holds her head up high. Interestingly, she's one of the states most likely to give what money she does have to charities. For eight years in a row she was ranked as giving more money (per capita in relation to income) to charity than any other state according to a 2006 thing I read. <--Need to find a more current source.
-Mississippi has a rich musical history like her sister, but leans more towards Blues and Rock. (Has the world's largest collection of Blues!) She sometimes goes to Tennessee's place to collaborate on songs with him.
-Mississippi is very traditional and super religious (I saw a statistic that said she has more churches per capita than any other state!)
-World leader in pond-raised catfish! Sounds delicious.
-On April 25, 1866, one year after the Civil War, Mississippi went to the Friendship Cemetary in Columbus and placed flowers on the graves of both Union and Confederate soldiers. Many considered this to be where Flowers Healed a Nation and from her kind gesture Memorial Day was born.
-The 1902 event where Teddy Roosevelt refused to shoot a bear happened in Mississippi. This really doesn't say anything about her, but I thought it was pretty cool.
-Petrified forrest! (perhaps more later. Just jotting down this note because it sounds awesome.)
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