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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUZS_london-avenue-canal-floodwall-breach_New-Orleans-LA.html
On August 29, 2005, tidal surge from Hurricane Katrina exposed design flaws in the London Avenue Canal foodwall, part of the Federal Flood Protection System. The floodwater killed many Gentilly residents and their beloved pets. The breach was one …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRJB_g-lvez-monument_New-Orleans-LA.html
Bernardo de G?lvezGovernor of Louisiana1777 to 1785
The government of Spain donates this statue to the city of New Orleans to commemorate the bicentennial year of the independence of the United States to which the Spanish governor so decisively…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR3L_touro-infirmary_New-Orleans-LA.html
On this site in 1852, Jewish American philanthropist, Judah Touro, a distinguished veteran of the Battle of New Orleans, established Touro Infirmary to care for seamen, immigrants, slaves, and the indigents of all races and religions. Touro Infirm…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ1M_8-in-columbaid-cannon_New-Orleans-LA.html
This 8 in. Columbaid, cast of Alabama iron by the Confederates at Selma, Ala. was mounted in Spanish Fort, Mobile Bay.
The Fifth Company Slocomb's Battery Battalion Washington Artillery of New Orleans, during the siege of that fort by the U.S. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPUZ_margarets-place-and-walk-lower-garden-district_New-Orleans-LA.html
Margaret's Place and WalkMargaret's 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. Although il…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNHB_faubourg-trem_New-Orleans-LA.html
Located on a portion of the Morand-Moreau plantation sold by Claude Faubourg Trem? in 1810 to the city of New Orleans, it became the city's first subdivision and is considered to be America's oldest existing African American neighborhood. It was h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNFP_saint-augustine-church-new-orleans_New-Orleans-LA.html
In 1841, this parish was established for the inhabitants of Faubourg Trem?. The joint beneficence of Bishop Antoine Blanc and the Ursuline nuns made possible acquisition of property and erection of the church. Until 1925, the buildings of the Coll…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNB1_lower-pontalba-building_New-Orleans-LA.html
[Logo of the Orleans Parish Landmarks Commission]Erected 1850 - 1851 by Micaela Almonster Baroness De Pontalba working first with James Gallier, architect, and then with Henry Howard, architect. Samuel Stewart, builder.Bequeathed by William Ratcl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN8C_battle-of-liberty-place-monument_New-Orleans-LA.html
[ inscriptions, west face, base :]September 14th 1874
In honor of those Americans on both sides who died in the Battle of Liberty Place Members of the Metropolitan Police:John H. H. Camp · John Kennedy · Edward Simon · J.F…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIPN_united-states-customhouse_New-Orleans-LA.html
United States CustomhouseHas been designated aNationalHistoric Landmark
This site possesses national significancein commemorating thehistory of theUnited States of America