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Allen Parish in western Louisiana is named for him, as is Port Allen, a small city on the west bank of the Mississippi River across from Baton Rouge. [16] The neighborhood in which he lived in while in Shreveport was later named as Allendale. The Henry Watkins Allen Camp #133, of the Sons of Confederate Veterans is named in his honor. Camp #435 ...
In India (and Nepal), a death anniversary is known as shraadh (Shraaddha "श्राद्ध" in Nepali). The first death anniversary is called a barsy, from the word baras, meaning year in Hindi. Shraadh [1] means to give with devotion or to offer one's respect. Shraadh is a ritual for expressing one's respectful feelings for the ancestors ...
Louisiana was named after Louis XIV, King of France from 1643 to 1715.When René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle claimed the territory drained by the Mississippi River for France, he named it La Louisiane. [28]
Brennan and Crowley claimed that those for whom Richard prayed recovered from their illnesses or became Catholic. [1] Richard died on August 11, 1959, and was buried in Richard, Louisiana. [2] Before her death, Brennan and Crowley began telling people about Richard, and Richard's family became aware that there was a belief that she was "special ...
Louisiana's flag during the American Civil War, in 1861. With its plantation economy, Louisiana was a state that generated wealth from the labor of and trade in enslaved Africans. It also had one of the largest free black populations in the United States, totaling 18,647 people in 1860.
A Natchitoches resident, Robert Harling was a fledgling actor at the time of his sister Susan’s death. Susan was just 12 years old when she learned that she had severe diabetes. But she didn’t ...
Following an exhaustive statewide search, Louisiana Family Forum announced Ira and Margery Milan of New Orleans as the 2024 Louisiana's Longest Married Couple, celebrating their 82nd wedding ...
Toussaint McCall was born in Delhi, Louisiana, [1] but was a long-time resident of nearby Monroe, Louisiana. His father, Rev. D. L. McCall, was a pastor at the Seven Star Missionary Baptist Church in Delhi, [2] and Toussaint was one of twelve children. He was named after the Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture.