50 Local Tradition

Oxford, Mississippi

The gravesite of William Faulkner in St. Peter's Cemetery, Oxford, Mississippi. Visitors to the gravesite often leave coins, whiskey bottles, and other tokens on his grave.

Rowan Oak - Oxford, MS / November 2015

Restaurant (in years past) in Yocona, Mississippi.

7 Gorge Rats and two others scramblers on the Sphinx in Linville Gorge.

Battle Creek Air National Guardsmen, 110th Airlift Wing Honor Guard, pose for a group photo after performing at the 2012 Secretary of Defense Maintenance Awards ceremony, at the DeVos Place Convention Center, Grand Rapids, Mich., Nov. 15, 2012. This event is the premier annual event for all defense maintainers and recognizes the best maintenance units in the Department of Defense with the presentation of the Secretary of Defense Maintenance Awards, the highest award for maintenance within DoD. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. David Eichaker/released)

Faulkner's Study at Rowan Oak, William Faulkner's Oxford, Mississippi home from 1930 until his death in 1962. Taped to the walls is the outline of his Pulitzer Prize winning 1955 novel "A Fable," handwritten in graphite pencil and red grease pen.

Faulkner's bedroom at Rowan Oak, William Faulkner's Oxford, Mississippi home from 1930 until his death in 1962.

Students Maria-Isabel Gillette '13, Gabe Breshears '12, Colin Bagby '12 and Catherine Lilly '12 visiting with Meg Faulkner Duchaine.

Bedrooms

bust of William Faulkner (in disguise)

A church in Lafayette County, Mississippi.

Dining room of Rowan Oak, William Faulkner's Oxford, Mississippi home from 1930 until his death in 1962.