Mississippi § 3-3-8 - Designation of first week in May as Hernando de Soto Week.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 3-3-8 — Designation of first week in May as Hernando de Soto Week., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 3-3-8. Designation of first week in May as Hernando de Soto Week.
The first week in May of each year is declared to be Hernando de Soto Week in Mississippi in recognition, observation and commemoration of Hernando de Soto who led the first and most imposing expedition ever made by Europeans into the wilds of North America and the State of Mississippi, and in further recognition of the Spanish explorer’s 187-day journey from the Tombigbee River basin on our state’s eastern boundary, westward to the place of discovery of the Mississippi River on May 8, 1541. This week shall be a week of recognition, observation and commemoration of Hernando de Soto and European exploration and no day of this week shall be recognized as a legal holiday.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 3-3-8 ("Designation of first week in May as Hernando de Soto Week.") is part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Mississippi. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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