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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYN4_tortoricis_New-Orleans-LA.html
Three generations of Tortorici's have owned The Nationally Famous Tortorici Restaurant.Louis Tortorici left his native Italy for New Orleans and founded the Contessa Entllina Society, and on September 8, 1886 he became its first president.His son …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYN3_judge-fred-j-cassibry-square_New-Orleans-LA.html
Fred J. Cassibry (1918-1996), U.S. Navy WWII veteran, served on the New Orleans City Council, Orleans District Court, U.S. District Court, E.D. La., and the Louisiana Economic Development and Gaming Corporation. Throughout his 40 years of public l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYN2_boimar-macarty-house_New-Orleans-LA.html
Erected in 1832 by Antoine Louis Boimar?, bookseller and Louisiana historiographer, the building was completed by Louis Bartehelemy Macary who bought the unfinished house in 1835. The granite arcade and lead-ornamented transoms are excellent examp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYN1_merieult-house_New-Orleans-LA.html
Erected in 1792 on the site of the first barracks forges and workshops of the Company of the Indies, the house was the only building in the area of destruction to escape the Great Fire of 1794. In 1832 it was remodeled in the style of the perio…
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/HMR3M_congregation-b-nai-israel_Memphis-TN.html
Jews have been part of Tennessee's economic, social and political life since the late 18th century. Congregation Children of Israel, chartered by the State of Tennessee, March 2, 1854, rented and eventually purchased a building near this site at M…
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/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…
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