Mike Bunn to discuss Natchez and 14th colony of American Revolutionary era at Sept. 24 meeting of Natchez Historical Society

Mike Bunn, director of Historic Blakeley State Park in Spanish Fort, Ala., will give a lecture at the Tuesday, Sept. 24 meeting of the Natchez Historical Society. His topic is, “Fourteenth Colony: The Forgotten Story of the Gulf South during America's Revolutionary Era.” Bunn’s presentation is part of a lecture series that is funded by a grant from the Mississippi Humanities Council through funding by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The program will be held at Historic Natchez Foundation, 108 S. Commerce St., Natchez. It will begin with a social at 5:30 p.m. and Bunn’s presentation at 6:00 p.m. It is free to the public. All are welcome, members and non-members alike.

The forgotten 14th colony of the America's Revolutionary era was “the British colony of West Florida―which once stretched from the mighty Mississippi to the shallow bends of the Apalachicola and portions of what are now the states of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana,” notes Bunn. His presentation on this topic will include a discussion of the affairs in Natchez during the Revolutionary era.

For more information on this event, call 281-731-4433 or 601-492-3004 or send email to info@natchezhistoricalsociety.org