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Plan would expand Vicksburg National Military Park

VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi Sens. Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker have again proposed expanding the Vicksburg National Military Park to add the battlefields of Champion Hill, Port Gibson and Raymond.

The bill was filed in Congress this week by the Republican senators. A similar bill was filed last year....
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