Get ready, fans of history, your passport to yesteryear is launching this week, on Thursday, in fact.

"Thursdays in May," a free month-long series that has garnered Biloxi statewide acclaim for preservation efforts, begins this weekend with a program at the Biloxi Public Library, and continues each Thursday in May with entertaining and educational programs at sites throughout the city.

And again this year, the program will close the month with commemorative gifts for those who attend at least three Thursday gatherings.

To read about the series and to see how you can nominate someone for a preservation award, click here.