Cocktail Hour

Cocktail hour at Monmouth officially begins at 6:30 pm. Appetizers are served and guests of the hotel and locals of Natchez are invited for an hour of socializing and cocktails. Perhaps you'll want to try Roosevelt's famous Mint Julep. Your mint julep will be served in a frosty silver cup with mint grown here on Monmouth's grounds. This cocktail is made from a secret recipe he (Roosevelt) concocted over twenty years ago. When you meet Roosevelt, you will immediately understand why he has been given the coveted award from the state of Kentucky-- He is a true Kentucky Colonel!

Monmouth featured in publications-

Blessings of the holiday season have come to Monmouth Plantation in TWO lovely publications this year! As we wrote in a previous note to you, Victoria Magazine has featured Monmouth in a sumptuous spread covering six pages of Christmas photographs and holiday verse. We encourage you to pick up a copy before they are no longer available.

Now, the most recent Christmas 2007 publication to include Monmouth is a hard-cover book CHRISTMAS IN AMERICA: A Photographic Celebration of the Holiday Season by Peter Guttman. This beautiful coffee table edition would be a lovely gift for the holiday season and its photographs cover the decorations of the holiday season. Monmouth Plantation has a full page feature, highlighting huge oak trees gracing the lawn in Christmas finery of garland and lights. Guttman writes: "A jasmine scented dusk descends softly on romantic Monmouth Plantation, strung in subtle Christmas finery. Mint juleps are sipped within the...1818 mansion that graces...(the) decidedly antebellum environs." A review from Time Magazine said: "Guttman's photographs capture the spirit of a place".

The Christmas spirit is embodied within the mansion along with the beautiful twenty six acre gardens at Monmouth.
-Peggy Voss

The Dinner Bell-

Ringing of the Dinner Bell is a Southern tradition from the antebellum days. Workers in the fields were called into "dinner" (the noon meal) by the ringing of the big iron bell hung near the kitchen. Join the guests of Monmouth Plantation for our five course dinner served in the formal dining room with the glimmer of candles and the tinkle of crystal and silver. The bell is rung to announce dinner at 7:30p.m. This is the time for you to meander from the lounge with your mint julep and join your hostess who will escort guests into the Mansion for dinner. If you would like to enjoy dining at Monmouth please call for reservations 601-442-5852 or 800-828-4531.
-Peggy Voss