Vicksburg National Military Park loses 7 full-time employees as part of DOGE cuts

Published 2:13 pm Monday, February 24, 2025

Sources say the Vicksburg National Military Park has lost seven employees as a result of the Trump Administration’s layoffs, implemented on Feb. 14.

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) layoffs targeted probationary workers, which include employees who have been in their current positions for less than one year.

According to the National Park Service’s FYE25 Budget Justifications, the Vicksburg National Military Park had 22 full-time employees in 2023, which is the latest data available. Based on 2023 data, the seven positions lost as part of the effort to reduce the federal workforce represent a 32% decrease in the full-time workforce at the Vicksburg National Military Park.

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Editor’s Note: Due to the sensitive nature of reporting on employment status, The Post agreed to keep its source confidential. 

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Catherine Hadaway, as The Vicksburg Post’s publisher, oversees the business operations of the newspaper. She is a native of Tuscaloosa, Ala. and is a graduate of Rhodes College in Memphis where she earned bachelor’s degrees in Business and Religion. She is a Director of Boone Newsmedia, Inc., the family company that owns The Post. Catherine comes from a long line of newspaper publishers, starting with her grandfather, Buford Boone, who served as publisher of The Tuscaloosa News and earned journalism's highest honor when he won the Pulitzer Prize in 1957 for his editorial titled "What a Price for Peace." Catherine is a member of The Rotary Club of Vicksburg, Junior Auxiliary of Vicksburg, The Heritage Guild, The Sampler Antique Club and The Vicksburg Warren County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors Executive Committee.

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