Old Biloxi Cemetery Tour goes virtual

Another local event has been forced to go virtual due to COVID-19.

Biloxi’s annual Cemetery Tour will be represented to the public via an online platform this year.

- another local event has been- forced to go virtual due to - covid-19.

Biloxi's annual - cemetery tour will be presentre- to- the public via an online- platform this year.

- the event normally takes place- the last tuesday and- sunday of october and features- graveside - peformances by local actors of- the history of those that lay i- the cemetery.

- each year the tour is given a - theme.

This year, the public wa- asked to submit ideas for the - potrayal of their own family- histories for the theme "family- legends and lores 2."

- despite, this event being held- around halloween, the - cemetery tour is more of a- historical event than a spooky- one.- - laurie rosetti, director of old- biloxi- cemetery tour: "you have to kno- who you are and where you come- from.

And for - - - - local native biloxians, it's a- look into our past, into their- history, into their family's- history.

For visitors and for - people who have just moved to - the area, it's a way to get - to know the area."- the tour will premiere on b-t-- v, biloxi's municipal tv- channel, on tuesday, october- 27th at 7pm and will be - available through the month of- november.

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