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Located adjacent to the Chalmette National Cemetery, and within the boundaries of the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, is the site of the defunct Freedmen's Cemetery, a four-acre African American burial ground that had been established by the federal government in 1867 to inter the remains of formerly enslaved men, women and ...
Thibodaux: Building is home to the Wetlands Acadian Cultural Center of Jean Lafitte National Historic Park [10] and to Martha Sowell Utley Memorial Branch of Lafourche Parish Library. [11] 28: Rienzi Plantation House: Rienzi Plantation House
Matt and Patti DeDuca view the Hansen's Disease exhibit at the Jean Lafitte Museum in Thibodaux, July 13. The museum will continue to host the exhibit, featuring 20 displays, through August 27.
Long a center of sugar cane plantations and sugar production, in November 1887 the parish was the site of the Thibodaux Massacre. After state militia were used to suppress a massive Knights of Labor strike involving 10,000 workers in four parishes, many African Americans retreated to Thibodaux. Local paramilitary forces attacked the men and ...
The building is home to the Wetlands Acadian Cultural Center of Jean Lafitte National Historic Park, and also hosts the Martha Sowell Utley Memorial Branch of the Lafourche Parish Library. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 5, 1986. [1]
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve: Marrero: Jefferson: Natural history: Barataria Preserve includes trails, visitor center displays about the ecology of the wetlands, the national importance of the area, and the relation between the land and its people Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve: Thibodaux: Lafourche ...