Post Office Mural - Pascagoula MS Lorin Thompson painted this oil on canvas mural, entitled "Legend of the Singing River," in 1939 with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. "The mural was damaged in 2005 by Hurricane Katrina. The post office was later demolished and the mural is currently in storage at the Moss Point PO. It is hoped to have it installed in the newly opened Pascagoula PO on Jackson Street within the year." (newdealartregistry.org)
As of 2017, the mural was hung in the new post office.
The "Legend of the Singing River" is "a love story in which it is told that the...