{"id":28,"date":"2019-08-26T20:39:21","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T20:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/visitms.azurewebsites.net\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2025-07-17T13:44:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T18:44:51","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-nk-awb nk-awb alignfull\"><div class=\"nk-awb-wrap\" data-awb-type=\"video\" data-awb-video=\"mp4:https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/birthplace_no_logo.mp4,webm:https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/birthplace_no_logo.webm\" data-awb-video-mobile=\"true\" data-awb-parallax=\"scale\" data-awb-parallax-speed=\"0.5\" data-awb-parallax-mobile=\"false\" data-awb-image-background-size=\"cover\" data-awb-image-background-position=\"50% 50%\"><div class=\"nk-awb-overlay\" style=\"background: #01224a85;\"><\/div><div class=\"nk-awb-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/birthplace-cover-poster-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-32294 jarallax-img lazyload\" alt=\"Blues musician playing a guitar\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" ><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/birthplace-cover-poster-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-32294 jarallax-img lazyload\" alt=\"Blues musician playing a guitar\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/birthplace-cover-poster-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/birthplace-cover-poster-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/birthplace-cover-poster-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/birthplace-cover-poster-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/birthplace-cover-poster-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/birthplace-cover-poster-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/birthplace-cover-poster-540x304.jpg 540w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/birthplace-cover-poster-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/birthplace-cover-poster-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/birthplace-cover-poster-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/birthplace-cover-poster-1920x1080.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"nk-awb-wrap-content is-layout-constrained wp-block-nk-awb-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9ded3aa3 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"min-height:80vh;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/birthplace-music-logo-stacked.png\" alt=\"Birthplace of America's Music\" class=\"wp-image-32291 lazyload\" style=\"width:500px\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"294\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/birthplace-music-logo-stacked.png\" alt=\"Birthplace of America's Music\" class=\"wp-image-32291 lazyload\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/birthplace-music-logo-stacked.png 1000w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/birthplace-music-logo-stacked-300x88.png 300w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/birthplace-music-logo-stacked-768x226.png 768w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/birthplace-music-logo-stacked-540x159.png 540w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-vms-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4b17a4fad23ccd25468ca7cad79cd789\" style=\"font-size:1.7rem;line-height:1.5\">More than 100 years ago, the blues was born in Mississippi. The sounds of our state gave country its twang, R&amp;B its soul, jazz its blue note, and rock \u2018n\u2019 roll its king. Come experience the rich musical heritage and ongoing influence of Mississippi, the Birthplace of America\u2019s Music.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1fd5867f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Plan Your Mississippi Adventure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">Find inspiration and make the most of your visit with our curated travel ideas and trip-planning resources.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-vms-dblue-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1fd5867f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MSonM_Logo-1024x745.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34407 lazyload\" style=\"width:300px\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"745\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MSonM_Logo-1024x745.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34407 lazyload\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MSonM_Logo-1024x745.png 1024w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MSonM_Logo-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MSonM_Logo-768x559.png 768w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MSonM_Logo-1536x1117.png 1536w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MSonM_Logo-2048x1489.png 2048w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MSonM_Logo-540x393.png 540w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MSonM_Logo-500x364.png 500w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MSonM_Logo-800x582.png 800w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MSonM_Logo-1280x931.png 1280w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MSonM_Logo-1920x1396.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-vms-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f70ca5837261d20baeec3aa2083c2a3f\">Discover Mississippi Through Music: Listen to Our Podcast<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-vms-button-blue\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/msonthemap\/\">Watch &amp; Subscribe<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plan Your Mississippi Adventure Find inspiration and make the most of your visit with our curated travel ideas and trip-planning resources.&nbsp; Discover Mississippi Through Music: Listen to Our Podcast [\u2026]<\/p>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"author":708,"featured_media":9264,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"welcome_text":"<div class=\"home-sub-heading\" style=\"text-align: center;\">More than 100 years ago, the blues was born in Mississippi. 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