Located in the “Pine Belt” of south Mississippi, Hattiesburg is home of the University of Southern Mississippi where I spent four years of college. It also has an historic downtown that I never explored until years later. (1997, 2011, 2015)
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This is the administration building which sits at the front of the USM campus and has become a symbol of the whole university.
Here’s a picture of my university’s international students group enjoying a day out at Paul B. Johnson state park. This is just to show that the “hot and muggy” summers of Mississippi can still be enjoyable!
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The old train depot has been refurbished and updated to look very nice.
One of many old art deco style buildings in the historic downtown of Hattiesburg.
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The old Saenger Theater downtown, still in use after all these years