The bottles will be on sale throughout the year at various tricentennial events. (Nicole Hester/The Natchez Democrat)

Natchez Tricentennial Director Jennifer Ogden Combs holds up a tricentennial commemorative Coca-Cola bottle that was unveiled Thursday at the Coca-Cola offices in Natchez. Coca-Cola is a major tricentennial sponsor and partnered with the tricentennial office to produce the bottles, with proceeds going toward tricentennial efforts. (Nicole Hester/The Natchez Democrat)

Russ Hendley of Coca-Cola presents the first commemorative bottle to Natchez Mayor Butch Brown. (Nicole Hester/The Natchez Democrat)