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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM202G_superdome-vietnam-memorial-a-war-memorial_New-Orleans-LA.html
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"Let every nation know, whetherit wishes us well or illthat we shall pay any price,bear any burden, meet any hardshipsupport any friend, oppose any foeto assure the survival and the success of liberty.- John F. Kennedy. January 20, 1961P…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM201G_immaculate-conception-church_New-Orleans-LA.html
1700Fr. Paul Du Ru, S.J., MissionaryReconnoiters Future Cityof New Orleans1722Fr. Pierre F.X. De Charlevoix,S.J.,inspects region for French Crown1723Fr. Joseph François De Kereben, S.J.,First Superior of local Jesuit Mission.1763Society of Jesuse…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM201E_rebirth_New-Orleans-LA.html
On Monday, September 25, 2006, Steve Gleason was responsible for one of the most dramatic moments in New Orleans Saints history. He blocked a punt in the first quarter of the team's return to the Superdome following Hurricane Katrina. That night, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM201B_john-julian-mckeithen_New-Orleans-LA.html
"I wasn't born to material wealth, nor do I have claim to an aristocratic name. But if I am elected governor, it will prove any mother's son can aspire to the highest political office of the state. I've come this far because you the people have gi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZDY_st-alphonsus-church_New-Orleans-LA.html
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 L.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZBW_st-vincent-de-paul-church_New-Orleans-LA.html
In 1838, Bishop Antoine Blanc established the first parish for the Creole Faubourgs or suburbs comprising the Third Municipal District of New Orleans. He named the new parish after the secondary patron of the Diocese, St. Vincent De Paul. The arch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZBA_christ-church-cathedral_New-Orleans-LA.html
This congregation was founded in 1805, the first Episcopal church established in the former Spanish colony after the Louisiana Purchase. In its first service was held in the Cabildo on November 17, 1805.An octagonal Gothic church designed by Henry…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZB2_st-theresa-of-avila-church_New-Orleans-LA.html
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 t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z86_national-shrine-of-our-lady-of-prompt-succor_New-Orleans-LA.html
On January 7, 1815, the eve of the Battle of New Orleans, Ursulines and townsfolk prayed for victory, before the Virgin's statue, now in this National Shrine of Our Lady of Prompt Succor. Ever after, first St. Louis Cathedral and since 1851 in the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z66_saint-joseph-church_New-Orleans-LA.html
This building replaced an earlier church, erected in 1844 on Common St. (Tulane Ave.) opposite the Charity Hospital of Louisiana. Ground-breaking for the present edifice took place May 9, 1869. Construction continued intermittently until dedicatio…