Beauvoir - The Jefferson Davis Home & Presidential Library

• Beauvoir - The Jefferson Davis Home & Presidential Library

• Recurring monthly on the 1st Saturday until December 1, 2018

The first Saturday of each month, the Beauvoir Institute will present speakers and authors for a Meet and Greet, Book Signing, Lecture or Reading, and a Q&A session. For more information, please visit the Beauvoir Institute's Webpage or Beauvoir's Facebook.

Upcoming lectures include:

September 1st - Paul Brueske - "Interesting Tidbits on the Mobile Campaign"

• Beauvoir - The Jefferson Davis Home & Presidential Library, 2244 Beach Blvd, Biloxi

• Dec 15, 2018

Enjoy pancakes, sausage, fruit, snowman donuts, and milk. Every child takes home a goody bag and magic reindeer food! Have your picture taken with Santa and Mrs. Claus, enjoy Christmas craft making, Christmas music, fun and jolly laughter guaranteed for all.

All children must be accompanied by an adult. Call to reserve your spot today!

• Beauvoir, The Jefferson Davis Home

• Dec 19, 2018 - Dec 22, 2018

Stroll through the lighted garden and enjoy carolers, dancers, Christmas Reenactment of a camp, hot cocoa and cookies.

Saturday is Children's day - Frozen, the move will show at 3pm. There will be carolers, crafts, Airship Aberrant, Southern Stars face painting, Island School of Performing Arts and Julie's Irish Dancers.

• Beauvoir - The Jefferson Davis Home & Presidential Library

• Feb 15, 2019 - Feb 16, 2019

IOOF will be celebrating their Eighty-fourth Pilgrimage to the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington, Virginia, and their second pilgrimage ceremony at Beauvoir to honor our the Unknown Confederate soldier.

With full military dressed participants, Color Guard, Honor Guard, and A prayer: Brig Gen Benny Rayborn GMC Chaplain, Speech: Mr. Rick Forte, Speech: IALAPM Rep. Speech: GMC... Rep., Benediction by Lady Chaplain. Honor Guard will be formed consisting of even ranks to present a complete Arch with swords. Presenters of wreath will began their march from the marble archway donated to the Beauvoir property in 1917 by the UDC, the march will continue down the Bricks for Beauvoir walkway and end at the Tomb of our Unknown Civil War Soldier. As with the Arlington Ceremony all Military Repersentive will be period dressed for the ceremony. Also present will be one guard at the tomb, doing a march of respect as the soldiers do at the tomb in Virginia. The placing of the wreaths is a ceremony of Remembrance for those who have given their lives to preserve the “American way of life”. This is also the organization that presented Jefferson Davis a "Grand Decoration of Chivalry from GMC". 

The IOOF have for 85 years placed a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington Virginia.

• Beauvoir - The Jefferson Davis Home & Presidential Library

• Apr 27, 2019

Beauvoir honors our Confederate ancestors. Guest speaker H.K. Edgerton, tribute for the Unknown Confederate Soldier, music by the Southern Strings Dulcimer Club, musket/cannon fire salute.

• Beauvoir - The Jefferson Davis Home & Presidential Library

• Oct 19, 2019 - Oct 20, 2019

Come experience the sights and sounds of the 1800's here in Biloxi! Vendors, food, on the 52 acres of the Beauvoir property. Reenactors will have camp set up in the back, battles twice a day on Saturday and Sunday.

Recognized AAA Southern Travel Treasure 2011.