(Click event for more details) Decatur County Middle School serves students in grades 5-8 in Decatur County. DCMS opened to students for the first time in August 2000. Decatur County Middle School was established as a consolidation of students from Decaturville Elementary and Parsons Junior High School.
Famous Negro Leaguers are on each base with legendary Satchel Paige at the mound. Paige, of course, grew up in Kansas City â not far from 18th and Vine. The velvety saxophone playing Kansas City's Charlie Parker pipes over a speaker, drawing visitors into the Jazz Museum. The first glass case holds a shiny white saxophone that Charlie Parker once played at the famous Massey Hall concert in Toronto.
It was the final battle of the War of 1812, and it occurred after the two countries had signed a treaty ending the war days earlier. New Orleans is the birthplace of jazz, widely considered Americaâs greatest contribution to art. The city is also the home of the oldest opera house in America and known as Americaâs First City of Opera. The city hosted the first opera in North America on May 22, 1796. The New Orleans based Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra is the countryâs only musician-owned symphony. The Port of New Orleans is one of the busiest ports in America. The city is the home of major shipbuilding facilities, a naval base, the nationâs Marine reserve headquarters and the worldâs first World Trade Center.