This page is dedicated to my friend, Sgt. John A. "Johnny" Pittman, who was awarded our nation's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his conspicuous gallantry and actions above and beyond the call of duty during the Korean conflict. I am so very proud that he was my friend.
Did you know?
- Little Richard sang a song titled "Greenwood, Mississippi". Want to hear a clip?
- Jerry Lee Lewis once played a show here in Greenwood. Unfortunately, Elvis Presley never did.
- Helen Keller spoke in Greenwood, March 29,1916, on happiness.
- Sergeant Alvin C. York spoke in Greenwood, June 29,1934, in the interest of temperance.
- Baseball came to Greenwood in 1910 with the Scouts joining the Cotton States League. That team would go on to win the pennant that year. Please visit my baseball site, Greenwood Baseball to learn more about Greenwood's baseball history.
- Academy Award winning actor Morgan Freeman graduated from high school in Greenwood in 1955.
- John Phillip Sousa conducted a concert in Greenwood in 1930.
- Medal of Honor recipient, Sgt. John A. Pittman lived in Greenwood.Read his Medal of Honor Citation at the website Home of Heroes.
- An air show was held in Greenwood in 1911.
- Congressman Benjamin Grubb Humphreys spoke at the Greenwood Theatre, June 7,1915.
- The Greenwood Commonwealth reported in it's November 5,1904 edition, that Greenwood is to have streetcars within 12 months. In December of 1906, a 50 year franchise was granted for a street railway system.
- On October 14,1924, the Ku Klux Klan staged a march through the streets of Greenwood, ending at the ballpark at the end of Mississippi Avenue. Dr. R.J. Stephenson, Grand Titan of the Realm of Mississippi, introduced the speaker, Dr. William J. MacDougal, a former Scottish Rite lecturer and a Presbyterian minister. They both were introduced by the master of ceremonies, the Honorable Means Johnston.
- On May 28,1915, the Greenwood Commonwealth proposed building a bandstand on the schoolhouse grounds.
- On January 20,1916, the D.W. Griffith spectacle,"Birth of a Nation" was shown at the Greenwood Theatre.
- On May 18,1916, the granite drinking fountain was donated to the City of Greenwood by the Chakchiuma Chapter of the D.A.R.
- January 20,1923, Woolworth's 5 and 10 Cent store opened in Greenwood.
- July 12,1923, the swimming pool at the high school building opened for boys and girls.
- July 11, 1923, the first open air concert of the summer season by the Greenwood Symphony Orchestra on the courthouse lawn. Professor William Deal, Municipal Director of Music.
- January 19-February 7, 1924, wood blocks were removed from Main Street, between Market and Washington streets, and on Howard Street, and paved with the bricks you now see.