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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/HM1XXP_the-historic-lower-ninth-ward-industrial-canal-flood-wall-historical_New-Orleans-LA.html
The Historic Lower Ninth WardSide AOn 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 Ward was h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XWV_annunciation-church-historical_New-Orleans-LA.html
In 1830 the Pontchartrain rail road was built along Elysian Fields to the lake, with half of its route through lands owned by Bernard Marigny. To accommodate settlers, Marigny and his cousin, Nicholas d'Estrehan subdivided the backlands of Faubour…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VN6_civil-rights-pioneers-history-historical_New-Orleans-LA.html
Civil Rights PioneersOn 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 Sch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VEE_saint-maurice-church-historical_New-Orleans-LA.html
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'Abbé Napoleon
J. Perché, convent…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T16_plessy-v-ferguson-historical_New-Orleans-LA.html
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On June 7, 1892, Homer Aldolph Plessy was removed from the East Louisiana Railroad train and arrested by Detective C.C. Cain at the corner of Royal and Press St. He was charged with violating the 1890 Louisiana Separate Car Act that sepa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T01_olivier-plantation-house-historical_New-Orleans-LA.html
Here stood the Olivier House from ca. 1820 to 1949. Built by Paris-born David Olivier, the large Creole-style residence presided over a sugar cane plantation for barley a decade. In 1835 the house became heart of the St. Mary's Orphan Boy's Asylum…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SZF_ninth-ward-wwi-memorial-a-war-memorial_New-Orleans-LA.html
Erected A.D. 1919 by the people of this the Ninth Ward in honor of its citizens who were enlisted in combative service and in memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice for the triumph of right over might in the Great World War.