The Guild is composed of private individuals with like interests in preserving the cultural and structural heritage of Vicksburg and Warren County. Education of our citizens with the amazing history of the settlement over the past five centuries from the settlement of the Tunica Indians to present day is a prime goal. Physical restoration and preservation of our historical properties, cultures and characters from early Spanish, French, English settlements to remaining early humble houses to wealthy cotton broker’s mansions will be an ongoing project. The work of the Guild and its members will be toward restoring Vicksburg to its former greatness and beauty and promote the visits of the world’s citizens to the banks of the Mississippi to enjoy and marvel at the wonderful historic City of which we are fortunate citizens. This is a working Guild, as were the Middle Age craftsmen guilds. Members are expected to contribute their time, their labor, their knowledge, their resources to the cause of their Guild. All of Vicksburg will reap the rewards of this work and all will prosper.