August 29 of each year is designated as "Katrina Day of Remembrance" in Mississippi in honor of the victims of this most destructive storm, to bring awareness of the destruction caused by hurricanes, and to call upon the citizens of Mississippi to join each other and the entire community that is linked by the Gulf of Mexico in a unified expression of faith and hope.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 3 - State sovereignty, jurisdiction and holidays
Chapter 3 - State Boundaries, Holidays, and State Emblems
§ 3-3-1. Limits and boundaries of the territorial waters of the State of Mississippi
§ 3-3-3. How state divided into counties
§ 3-3-5. How far counties on Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico extend
§ 3-3-8. Designation of first week in May as Hernando de Soto Week
§ 3-3-15. Display of state flag
§ 3-3-16. Design of state flag
§ 3-3-35. "Retired Teachers Day" designated
§ 3-3-37. State Grand Opera House
§ 3-3-42. The Great Seal of the State of Mississippi
§ 3-3-42.1. Replacement of older version of state seal
§ 3-3-47. State Automobile Museum
§ 3-3-48. State wildlife heritage museum
§ 3-3-49. State Historical Industrial Museum
§ 3-3-51. "Nurses Month" designated
§ 3-3-53. "Mississippi Health Awareness Day" designated
§ 3-3-55. "Katrina Day of Remembrance" designated
§ 3-3-57. State military history museum