Preservation Gala 2026

Natchez Historical Society Annual Dinner

Speakers & Historic Preservation Awards

Tuesday, January 27, 2026
POSTPONED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER

Natchez Grand on Broadway

Welcome Reception with Cash Bar 5-6 pm

Opening Remarks and Dinner 6 pm

(Salad, Entrée, Vegetables, Dessert)

Honored Guest Speakers

Adam Erby, Executive Director, Historic Preservation

and Collections at George Washington’s Mount Vernon

Lydia Mattice Brandt, Ph.D. Professor of Art and Architectural History

at the University of South Carolina

followed by Historic Preservation Awards

James F. Barnett Jr., Reverend Doctor Joan Warren Gandy and

Dr. Thomas H. Gandy (posthumously), Ser Seshsh Ab Heter Clifford M. Boxley

Anne W.S. MacNeil, Elizabeth MacNeil Boggess, Ph.D. and

Grace M.S. McKittrick MacNeil (posthumously)