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| https://www.hydesmith.senate.gov/150th-anniversary-us-army-corps-engineers-vicksburg-district | 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS VICKSBURG DISTRICT | 2023-07-23 | 2023 | 2023-07 | Republican | Senate | MS | Cindy Hyde-Smith | H001079 | www.hydesmith.senate.gov | hydesmith | https://www.hydesmith.senate.gov/newsroom | scraper | Congressional Record Vol. 169, No. 130 (Senate - July 27, 2023) PDF Mrs. HYDE-SMITH. Mr. President, I am pleased to recognize the Vicksburg District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers--USACE--for 150 years of exceptional service to the people of Mississippi and our Nation. Founded in 1873 when Captain William Henry Harrison Benyaurd created a USACE office in Monroe, LA, the Vicksburg District now covers 68,000 square miles in Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana; nine major river basins; 278 miles of the Mississippi River; and 460 miles of mainline Mississippi River levees. In 1884, the first permanent Vicksburg office was formed by Captain Eric Bergland. Vicksburg National Military Park was largely constructed by the Vicksburg District in the early 1900s. In response to the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and as directed by the Flood Control Act of 1928, the Vicksburg District designed and implemented an extensive flood control program, commonly referred to as the Mississippi Rivers and Tributaries--MR&T--project, which continues to serve the people of Mississippi to this day. The benefits the Vicksburg District brings to Mississippians and the Nation are hard to quantify, but should not be taken for granted. The average annual benefits of the MR&T project alone are valued at $1.46 billion, but the positive impacts associated with the many watersheds, ports, locks and dams, reservoirs, and flood control structures the district manages go far beyond any dollar amount. | 1 | 2026-03-30T01:40:41Z | 2026-04-08T00:18:03Z |