Alana Marchand, 6, the daughter of John and Belinda Marchand of Pineville, La., reacts to mannequins at the Mississippi Welcome Center Wednesday. Designed by Bertha Lewis of Bolton, the mannequins depict the historical figure of Darwina Loud, center left, a Freedmen Bureau teacher from Pennsylvania who traveled south to educate freed slaves in 1864. At right, Alana plays with uncombed cotton, in a basket for the picking as the Mississippi Development Authority’s Department of Tourists and Welcome Centers promote this month ‘Fun Things For Children To Do In Mississippi.’