06/15/2026
🇺🇸 RED, WHITE & YOU – HONORING OUR VETERANS 🇺🇸
The City of Gulfport, Island View Casino Resort, and Gulfport Main Street are proud to invite our heroes—our veterans—to join us for a special Independence Day celebration honoring both our Nation’s 250th Birthday and your dedicated service to our country.
On Saturday, July 4, 2026, we will host an All-American Cookout in honor of our veterans. All veterans are warmly invited to attend and enjoy an evening of fellowship, food, and celebration. Active-duty military personnel will also be on hand to serve as hosts, ensuring that our veterans are welcomed and well cared for throughout the event.
The celebration will take place under the Big Top Tent on the South Lawn of The Markham Hotel, located at the corner of 23rd Avenue and the Service Drive in Gulfport, Mississippi.
📅 Saturday, July 4, 2026
🕡 Event Begins: 6:30 PM
🎆 Fireworks Display: Approximately 8:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Guests will enjoy food, refreshments, live music, commemorative memorabilia, and fellowship with fellow veterans and military personnel. The evening will conclude with one of the Mississippi Gulf Coast’s most spectacular fireworks displays.
This invitation was extended by Rebecca Kremer Kajdan, Assistant to the Mayor, City of Gulfport, Mississippi.
If you are a veteran and part of Nation of Patriots™ | The Patriot Tour™ Mississippi and plan to attend, please RSVP no later than June 28, 2026.
[email protected]
Please include:
• Veteran’s Name
• Spouse/Guest Name (if attending)
To help us prepare a proper welcome, we kindly ask that you let us know if you will be attending. This information will assist with attendance planning and allow us to provide an estimated attendance count to the event organizers and sponsors by June 29, 2026.
As for parking you will be on your own to park in and around the downtown area where there is plenty of parking, per the event organizers.
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We look forward to sharing this special Independence Day celebration with our Nation of Patriots™ | The Patriot Tour™ Mississippi VETERAN family as we honor our veterans and celebrate America’s 250th Birthday.
Kathy Collins-Lantz
Regional Commander – Alabama & Mississippi
Nation of Patriots™ | The Patriot Tour™
Mississippi Site/Stop Coordinator