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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2789_enslaved-africans_New-Orleans-LA.html
In the 1720s, at a spot of land now eroded by the river, stood the barracks where enslaved Africans from the Senegal-Gambia region, were held before being ferried across the river to the slave auctions.Early Algiers Point was also the home of the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2783_louis-d-armstrong_New-Orleans-LA.html
Louis Armstrong, adoringly referred to as "Satchmo," was born August 4, 1901, but chose to celebrate his birthday on July 4th,America's Independence Day. He was the first important jazz soloist and became its most influential musician. As a t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2782_verret-plantation_New-Orleans-LA.html
The sugar plantation (c.1800) of Furey Verret stretched along the river road from around Vallette St., to the Naval Station, and included the Verret Canal, where Whitney Avenue now stands. Jean Lafitte, the pirate, traveled on this canal between B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2781_the-great-fire-of-algiers-1895_New-Orleans-LA.html
In the early morning hours of October 20th, 1895, on the 300 block of Morgan St., near the corner of Bermuda St., a fire started that would eventually destroy about 200 homes and businesses in ten blocks between Morgan, Lavergne, Alix and Powder Sts.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM277Z_battle-of-new-orleans-west-bank_New-Orleans-LA.html
Here on the Jourdan Plantation American Forces under General David Morgan defended the west side of the Mississippi River while General Andrew Jackson defended the east side on January 8, 1815. The War of 1812 ended with the American victory in Ch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM277Y_algiers-courthouse_New-Orleans-LA.html
Erected in 1896 To replace the Duverjé Plantation House which served as the courthouse from 1866 until it burned in the great Algiers Fire of 1895.Barthelmy Duverjé acquired title to the Plantation in 1805 and in 1842 the property wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM277X_dr-lord-beaconsfield-landry_New-Orleans-LA.html
Lord Beaconsfield Landry, also known as L.B. Landry, was born March 11, 1879 in Donaldsonville, Louisiana. At a very early age, he was sent to Gilbert Academy, which was at that time located in Baldwin, LA. He later attended Fisk University, where…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26N2_the-pythian-temple_New-Orleans-LA.html
The architecturally acclaimed Pythian Temple building at 234 Loyola Avenue (formerly South Saratoga) is one of New Orleans' storied landmarks. From 1908 to 1941, members of the Knights of Pythias, under the leadership of Smith W. Green, served as …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26MX_louisiana-spanish-american-war-monument-a-war-memorial_New-Orleans-LA.html
Spanish War Veterans 1898-1902USA, Cuba, Porto-Rico, Philippine IslandsErected by the State ofLouisiana in honor ofher sons who served in The Army and Navy ofThe United States inThe War with Spain, ThePhilippine Insurrectionand the China ReliefExp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26MQ_fannie-c-williams-valena-c-jones-elementary-school_New-Orleans-LA.html
Fannie C WilliamsPioneer in Public EducationAs one of New Orleans' premier educators in the first half of the twentieth century, Fannie C. Williams steered this school through decades of challenge and change. An active civic leader, she was nation…
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