William Faulkner was born on September 25, 1897, on Jefferson Street in New Albany, Mississippi. Some of his notable awards were the 1949 Nobel Prize for Literature, the 1955 and 1963 Pulitzer Prizes for Fiction and the 1951 and 1955 National Book Awards. New Albany recognizes the significance of being the birthplace of one of the most celebrated writers in American Literature generally and Southern Literature specifically and as a result our mayor will proclaim the month of September as William Faulkner Month.
July 18
Kate Stewart will have a program on Southern Language
Noon at the Union County Heritage Museum
A light lunch will be provided.
September 15
Steve Bennett will have a program on Teddy Roosevelt
Noon at the Union County Heritage Museum
A light lunch will be provided
September 27
William Faulkner Literary Competition Awards Luncheon
11:30 at the First Methodist Church of New Albany
$20 ticket for lunch, awards, and speaker Mike Mills
Call the Union County Heritage Museum for a ticket
October 17, 18, 19
Mississippi Hills Craft and Folk Life Festival
In Frenchmen’s Bend behind the Union County Heritage Museum
Call the museum for more information or to volunteer to help
