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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGDX_the-washington-artillery-park_New-Orleans-LA.html
[Panel 1]:On and near this site since 1718 has centered the military activities of both regular and citizen soldiers of France, Spain, the Confederacy and the United States. On either side were the redoubts forming the "Great Battery" which crissc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFTR_bienville-monument_New-Orleans-LA.html
[On base of statue]:Jean Baptiste LeMoyne de Bienville
born Montreal, February 23, 1680died Paris, March 7, 1767
Founder of New Orleans1717
with homage ofLouisiana * Canada * France
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF24_fort-pike_New-Orleans-LA.html
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.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEIX_sidney-joseph-bechet_New-Orleans-LA.html
First Panel:This bronze bust of Sidney Bechet is a faithful copy of the original by French sculptor Abel Chr?tien. The original erected in 1960, a year after Bechet's death in Juan-Les-Fins, France. This town was named in 1994 as a "Twin City" to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEFQ_jackson-square-vieux-carr_New-Orleans-LA.html
[Panel 1:]Jackson Square has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935.This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating and interpreting the history of the Unite…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEFC_french-market_New-Orleans-LA.html
In 1991 in celebration of the bicentennial of its first market hall, the French Market rededicates itself to the perpetuation and expansion of the traditional market offerings of the bounty of Louisiana - its land, its waters, its cultures - in e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME86_molly-marine_New-Orleans-LA.html
Rededicated July 1, 1966 in honor of Women Marines who serve their country in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Marine.
[Sculptor: Enrique Alferez]
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME81_cathedral-of-st-louis-king-of-france_New-Orleans-LA.html
[Cast at the top of the marker is a rendering of the church]Church of St. Louis, 1727-1788
CathedralofSt. Louis, King of FranceThe first church on this site designed by Adrien De Pauger was erected 1724-1727 and was destroyed in the great fire …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME7Z_the-french-opera-house_New-Orleans-LA.html
The INN ON BOURBON on the corner of Toulouse and Bourbon Streets, rests on the site of the Old French Opera House, for 60 years, the cultural center of New Orleans Creole society, and the first opera house in the United States. Erected in 1859 at …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME6V_the-cabildo_New-Orleans-LA.html
[Panel 1:]
Erected 1795-1799,Don Gilberto Guillemard, architect.Constructed financed and directed by Don Andres Almonester y Roxas. The mansard roof was added in 1847.
The illustrious Cabildo (Spanish colonial city council) held its sessions…