On August 29, 2005, tidal surge from Hurricane Katrina exposed design flaws in the London Avenue Canal floodwall, part of the Federal Flood Protection System. The floodwater killed many Gentilly residents and their beloved pets. The breach was one . . . — — Map (db m46064) HM
Civil Rights Pioneers On November 14, 1960, four six-year-old children in New Orleans became the first African-Americans to integrate "white only" public elementary schools in the Deep South. On that day, three girls enrolled in McDonogh No. 19 . . . — — Map (db m99584) HM
George "Kid Sheik" Cola(r), (1908-1996), cornetist,
trumpeter, pianist, and bandleader, lived
here at 939 Deslonde Street from 1940 to
1988. He was a member of the Eureka Brass
Band, the Olympia Brass Band, had his own
band the Storyville . . . — — Map (db m156482) HM
In 1852, Most Rev. Antoine Blanc, newly raised to the rank of first Archbishop of New Orleans, founded St. Maurice Parish to serve Fabourg La Course below the Ursuline Convent, then on Jourdan Ave. L'Abbι Napoleon
J. Perchι, convent chaplain and . . . — — Map (db m99226) HM
Albert G. Blanchard
1810 - 1891
Graduate U.A. Military
Academy; Merchant; Director
of New Orleans Public
Schools 1843-1845; Fought in
Mexican War; Brigadier
General in Confederate Army;
After Civil War became Civil
Engineer in New . . . — — Map (db m191528) WM
Bernard de Marigny de Mandeville (1785-1868) a wealthy land-owner, served in the U.S. Army, participated in framing the first and second constitutions of Louisiana, and served in the Louisiana Territorial Legislature. He also was elected President . . . — — Map (db m51643) HM
Louisiana provided the largest number of black Union troops during the Civil War. Many lie buried here. The most notable, Capt. Andre Cailloux, fell while courageously leading a charge of the Louisiana Native Guards in 1863 at Port Hudson, La. . . . — — Map (db m161738) HM
Burial place (right) of second wife of Governor W.C.C. Claiborne, Clarisse Duralde, who died in 1809 at the age of 21.
Myra Clark Gaines (left) was the daughter of Daniel Clark (1769-1813), American consul when Spain ruled city and later . . . — — Map (db m51650) HM
Intrepid warrior on land and sea
in a hundred combats showed his valor
this new Bayard without reproach or fear
could have witnessed the ending of the
world without trembling
(English translation of inscription on tome)
Dominique You . . . — — Map (db m191530) WM
First wife of Wm.C.C. Claiborne, first American governor of Louisiana. Also memorialized here are her son and her brother, Micajah Green Lewis, who died in a duel defending the honor of his brother-in-law, Benjamin Latrobe, noted architect, designed . . . — — Map (db m51648) HM
Francois Xavier Martin
1762 - 1846
Louisiana Jurist and author of the First History Of The State
Designed and erected by Newton Richards in 1847
Restored in 1978
New Orleans Archdiocesan Cemeteries — — Map (db m191529) HM
On June 7, 1892, Homer Adolph Plessy defied a Louisiana law that segregated railroad trains on the basis of race. He was arrested and became the defendant in the May 18, 1896 United States Supreme Court decision of Plessy v. Ferguson, which condoned . . . — — Map (db m13036) HM
In the Protestant Section of this cemetery were interred
Benjamin Henry Boneval Latrobe
Born Fulneck, England, May 1, 1764
Died New Orleans, September 3, 1820
Founder of the architectural profession in America
Architect of the United . . . — — Map (db m207970) HM
"My name is Marie Justine Cirnaire. I was born in Guinea.
When I was
perhaps seven years of age I was carried to St. Dominique. I am as a result
not aware of the name of my father nor of my mother, nor do I know my age.
I was . . . — — Map (db m161741) HM
" let our republican government be upheld by all citizens and derive its just power from the expressed consent of ALL governed. Being just it will feel stronger; resting on the base of Universal Suffrage, it will be . . . — — Map (db m161739) HM
Mayor of New Orleans
1900 - 1904. Served as state
auditor 1904 1922. President
of City Park Board member
sewerage and water board
interred Aug 8, 1922. — — Map (db m191531) HM
In 1805 an area at the rear of the cemetery was assigned to Christ Church (Episcopal) for the burial of non-Catholics. More extensive originally, all that remains of the Protestant section is the area between these wall vaults, the brick walls to . . . — — Map (db m51644) HM
Pioneers in education and in the care of orphans and the
elderly among the colored people, this society of colored
sisters was founded in New Orleans on November 21, 1842 by
misses Henriette Delille and Juliette Gaudin who became the first and . . . — — Map (db m161740) HM
Among burials in this area are William P. Canby, U.S.N. and other Americans who died in the defense of the city in the Battle of New Orleans and the defeat of the British Army, January 8, 1815 — — Map (db m51649) HM
Established by Colonial French in the early 18th century
Rebuilt by the Spanish-1779
American restoration-1808
Built to protect New Orleans from attack by way of Lake Ponchartrain.
(lower plaque)
Dedicated by
Spirit of '76 . . . — — Map (db m113498) HM
English: Traveled on by Iberville, 1699 and named for French Minister of Marine. Indians called it Okwa-ta, wide water. First port of embarkation was at the site where Bayou St. John flows from this lake. It was first water travel route to . . . — — Map (db m99490) HM
Named Lake Pontchartrain in 1718 by French Explorer, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, Lake Pontchartrain is not a true lake but a shallow 630 square mile estuary. Approximately 40 miles wide and 24 miles across, it is the largest of three . . . — — Map (db m156388) HM
In the 1930's the Orleans Levee Board completed a levee protection and land development project along Lake Pontchartrain's south shore. A stepped seawall was built and behind it 2000 acres of land were filled in with soil dredged from the lake. The . . . — — Map (db m156390) HM
The canal you see before you was created in the 1830's by the New Orleans Canal and Banking Company for drainage and commerce. Over 8,000 Irish immigrants died digging the canal through mosquito infested swamp. Across the canal developed a . . . — — Map (db m155941) HM
Located across the New Basin Canal before you is the second oldest yacht club in the country. It moved from Pass Christian, MS onto the site across from the New Canal Lighthouse. The club built a beautiful facility in 1879 that blocked the New . . . — — Map (db m155961) HM
Across from you is the end of a narrow peninsula that has been used for years as a popular fishing spot. It extends out from the West End Park. Called "The Point" it was created in the 1920's as a bulkhead and was not accessible to cars. In the . . . — — Map (db m155964) HM
Pierre Chartier de Baulne, French Louisiana attorney general in 1719, held the earliest land grant at the former village of the Colapissas on Chapitoulas (Metairie) Road. His family first colonists to live nearby. — — Map (db m92953) HM
John Bell Hood was born June 29, 1831, in Owingsville, Kentucky, and
was reared in Mt. Sterling, Kentucky. After graduating from West
Point in 1853, he served in the elite U.S. 2nd Cavalry Regiment on the
Texas frontier. In 1861, he joined the . . . — — Map (db m157658) HM
Dedicated for cemetery purposes
July 2, 1872
Recognized as one of the world's
most unique and beautiful cemeteries
Approximately 150 acres
Formerly the Metairie Race Course
Scene of the famous match races
between LeCompte and . . . — — Map (db m87275) HM
In Memory of William Charles Cole Claiborne Born in Virginia Member of the Convention that framed the first Constitution of Tennessee Judge of the Supreme Court of that State at 21, And Representative in Congress at 23. Governor of Mississippi . . . — — Map (db m109517) HM
In 1833, real estate investors commissioned surveyor Charles F.
Zimpel to lay out the former Macarty sugar plantation
into lots, squares, and streets that formed the village of
Carrollton. Reportedly named in honor of General William
Carroll, . . . — — Map (db m155718) HM
This church came into being in 1899, when the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, established in the Town of Carrollton in 1848, and the Mater Dolorosa German Church, which dated from 1871, were united into a single parish. With the . . . — — Map (db m103547) HM
Began service in 1835 as the Carrollton Line of the N.O. & Carrollton Railroad. Powered by steam engine, horse, and mule prior to electrification in 1893. It is the oldest continuously operated street railway line in the world. — — Map (db m13502) HM
Walgreens is proud to make New Orleans the site of our 6,000th store celebration.The unwavering spirit of our employees and customers here continue to inspire us."We believe in today and the work we are doing, in tomorrow and the work we hope to do . . . — — Map (db m155715) HM
Margarets Place and Walk
Margarets Place and Walk honors Irish Immigrant Margaret Gaffney Haughery (1813-1882), who devoted her life to orphaned children and the needy. An orphan herself, Margaret lost her husband and baby to illness. . . . — — Map (db m38640) HM
Designed by noted architect Thomas Sully and
built in 1892 for Irish-born, prominent banker
Robert Moore Sr., this significant Garden
District home bridges the transition of
architectural styles from Queen Anne to
Colonial Revival. Exterior . . . — — Map (db m211805) HM
When the Faubourgs of uptown New Orleans were subdivided in 1838, Bishop Antoine Blanc accepted a donation from the estate of Mrs. Theresa Perie Saulet, of a square in Faubourg Saulet "for charitable purposes." It was her wish that a church bear . . . — — Map (db m104904) HM
The first of three great churches built by The Redemptorists for Catholics in the Irish Channel. St. Alphonsus for the Irish, St. Mary's Assumption for the Germans and Notre Dame de bon Secours for the French. Design by Baltimore architect Louis . . . — — Map (db m105018) HM
This building erected 1852-54 George Purves, Architect-Builder In 1867 the chancel was extended 32 feet. The entrance tower was added in 1873 Charles L. Hillger, Architect Peter R. Middlemiss, Builder. The parish house in the rear was built in . . . — — Map (db m95753) HM
Type: 57 mm Anti-Aircraft Gun Weight: 10,273 lbs (5.1 tons) Rate of Fire: 105-120 rounds per minute Range: 19,685 ft (3.72 miles) Ammunition: 57x348SR caliber High Explosive and Armor Piercing Crew: 7The Type 59 is the Chinese Variant of the Soviet . . . — — Map (db m162916) HM
Type: Twin Engine Trainer Weight: 9,300 lbs Armament: Two - .30 caliber machine guns used as gunnery trainer Engine: Two Pratt and Whitney R985 Radials, 450 hp each Max Speed: 215 mph Range: 745 miles Service Ceiling: 20,000 ft. Crew: 2-3 Number . . . — — Map (db m160469) HM
Type: Full Tracked Tractor Armored Bulldozer Manufacturer: Caterpillar Weight: 49,400 lbs (24.7 tons) Armament: None Crew: 1 The first Caterpillar D7 rolled out in 1938. US Army Engineers use these dozers to build
roadways, earthworks and . . . — — Map (db m163229) HM
The Douglas A-26 Invader (designated B-26 between 1948-1965) was a single-pilot, twin-engine light bomber and attack aircraft built by Douglas Aircraft during World War II that also saw service during several of the Cold War's major conflicts. It . . . — — Map (db m160440) HM
Type: Self Propelled Anti-Aircraft Motor Gun Carriage Manufacturer: Tank Division of General Motors Weight: 49,500 lbs Armament: Twin Mount 40 mm Bofors Anti-Aircraft Guns Engine: Continental AOS-895-3, Six Cylinder, 500 hp Max Speed: 45 mph Crew: . . . — — Map (db m163790) HM
Type: Medium Tank
Manufacturer:
Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant and American Locomotive Co.
Weight: 97,200 lbs (48.6 tons) Armament:
90 mm gun
30 caliber 1919A4 Machine Gun coaxial with the 90 mm gun,
.50 caliber Exterior M2 Machine Gun, . . . — — Map (db m163602) HM
Type: Fighter Bomber Weight: 58,000 lbs loaded Armament: M61 "Vulcan" Cannon in External Pod Up to 16,000 lbs of externally carried nuclear or conventional bombs, rockets or missiles like the "Sidewinder" and "Sparrow" Air to Air Missiles Engine: . . . — — Map (db m161012) HM
On November 14, 1960, three six-year-old girls-Leona Tate, Tessie Prevost and Gail Etienne-
integrated McDonogh 19. Known as the "McDonogh Three, they were escorted every day
by U.S. Marshalls, and were the only students to attend the school for . . . — — Map (db m204470) HM
The Historic Lower Ninth Ward Side A On August 29, 2005, at about 7:45a.m., the Industrial Canal flood wall broke with an explosive sound, heard by many residents near North Johnson Street and Jourdan Avenue. At that time, the Lower Ninth . . . — — Map (db m102875) HM
Type: Quadruple Anti-Aircraft Gun Weight: 3,990 lbs (1.9 tons) Armament: Four - 14.5 mm Machine Guns Rate of Fire: 600 rounds per minute per gun Range: 26,247 ft. Ammunition: Full metal jacket round with steel or tungsten carbide core or . . . — — Map (db m163187) HM
In 1805 Bernard de Marigny began the subdivision of his plantation, creating the first suburb below the original city. As Americans settled up-river, immigrants and free persons of color settled in Faubourg Marigny. — — Map (db m51600) HM
(front side)
In 1808, the US Congress abolished the international slave trade, contributing to a significant increase in the domestic slave trade, or the trafficking of human beings within the boundaries of the United States. During the . . . — — Map (db m117438) HM
Located in the Faubourg Marigny, from the corner of Esplanade Ave. and Chartres St., is the former site of Theophilus Freeman's notorious slave pen (demolished after the Civil War) where Solomon Northup, a free man of color from New York, was sold . . . — — Map (db m117277) HM
Organized 1817. The first pastor (1818-1820), the Rev. Sylvester Larned, built a church in 1819 in the plain Gothic Style on St. Charles Street near Gravier Street, William Brand, Architect-Builder. A Greek Revival style church was erected . . . — — Map (db m121832) HM
Front
This cemetery was purchased by Charity Hospital in 1848 and was originally known as Potter's Field. It has historically been used to bury the unclaimed victims from throughout the city including victims of several yellow fever . . . — — Map (db m87256) HM
Col. Charles Didier Dreaux
Born in New Orleans May 11, 1832
First Conf. officer from Louisiana
Killed in the War Between
the States on the field of
honor near Newport News, VA.
On July 5, 1861
His last words were
"Boys steady" . . . — — Map (db m86011) HM WM
Grand Commander, Supreme Council 33° Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, southern jurisdiction. U.S.A., 1859 - 1891. Erected April 27, 1957 by the Grand Consistory of LA., 32° Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry to . . . — — Map (db m102982) HM
Home of New Orleans' first professional sports team, baseball's New Orleans Pelicans. The "Pels" played home games here from the park's construction in 1915 through its demolition in 1957. Negro league teams such as the Black Pelicans and the . . . — — Map (db m100503) HM
Side 1
The New Orleans Katrina Memorial
On August 29, 2005 Hurricane Katrina made landfall upon the Louisiana and Mississippi Gulf Coast. Bringing devastation to many communities. In New Orleans, storm surge and the failure of the . . . — — Map (db m85824) HM
In honor of the men and women of the Third Ward who served in World War II and in memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice. Dedicated Dec. 8, 1946 — — Map (db m106081) WM
Boys' Central High School was founded in 1843, relocated to this site in 1913 and was renamed Warren Easton Boys' High School in honor of the superintendent of New Orleans public schools, 1888-1910. The building was designed by E.A. Christy, noted . . . — — Map (db m95879) HM
Originally a cemetery for the city's indigent population, Holt Cemetery was first mentioned in city records in 1879, most likely named for Joseph Holt, a physician from Charity Hospital. The original 400' by 600' plot was increased in 1909 with an . . . — — Map (db m163537) HM
Holt Cemetery was officially founded in 1879 as a replacement to the dangerously overfilled Locust Grove Cemeteries on Freret Street in Uptown New Orleans. It is assumed to be named after Dr. Joseph Holt, an official with the city's Board of Health . . . — — Map (db m163915) HM
While Holt Cemetery was never formally designated as racially segregated, legal restrictions on racial mixing - in life and death - became more rigorously enforced in New Orleans after the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court decision. In the . . . — — Map (db m163959) HM
Unlike most New Orleans cemeteries, all of the interments at Holt are below ground. Many graves here have a distinctive appearance,
but none have been photographed or remarked upon as often as the ones "dressed” by local artist Arthur Raymond . . . — — Map (db m164143) HM
For some artists and scholars, Holt is representative of spiritual traditions
with a long history in the African-American community. The spreading of
broken crockery over graves was noted in South Carolina as early as the
1890s. Art historian . . . — — Map (db m164205) HM
Holt has been filled to capacity many times in its long history. In fact, grave plots have often been re-used after their upkeep is abandoned. This is not
uncommon in urban cemeteries, where space is always a problem. Still, the density of . . . — — Map (db m166883) HM
One striking pattern visible in the burial records for Holt is the high number of
stillbirths and infants interred here. In 1902, for example, 262 of the 761 burials
at Holt were under the age of one at death. Such high numbers for infant . . . — — Map (db m166892) HM
"This residence and grounds are named in honor of Marvin E. Thames, Ph.D., who served this college in the following manner: Director of Isaac Delgado Trades School from 1954 to 1958; Dean and President of Delgado Trades and Technical Institute from . . . — — Map (db m86198) HM
On this site between August 1941 and August 1945, the City Park Plant of Higgins Industries, Incorporated mass produced more than 12,000 landing craft and approximately 200 PT boats for the Allied Forces. The Higgins landing boats revolutionized . . . — — Map (db m87552) HM
No rocks, no geology-right? Actually, once you know what to look for, it's
easy to see evidence of geology at work in this wetland environment.
The geologic features of the Mississippi River Delta region are of relatively
recent origin. As the . . . — — Map (db m213220) HM
Historic state monument 5 miles west on US 90, was completed in 1828 to defend Rigolets Pass approach through Lake Pontchartrain to New Orleans. Named after Brigadier Gen. Zebulon Montgomery Pike. — — Map (db m22776) HM
Foundress of the Sisters of the Holy Family in 1842.
The Sisters of the Holy Family, an African
American religious order, are committed to caring
for the sick assisting the poor, and instructing the
unlearned through prayer and Christ-like . . . — — Map (db m213092) HM
Human occupation and settlement of the fertile marshes
and estuaries that now include Bayou Sauvage Refuge
began before 500 BC.
Two local archaeological sites, Big Oak and Little Oak
Islands, represent human adaptation to the . . . — — Map (db m213152) HM
