Louisiana
Cane River Creole National Historical Park
Submitted by siteadmin on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 22:10Cane River Creole National Historical Park
400 Rapides Drive
Natchitoches, LA 71457
Phone: 318-352-0383
This park is part of the 40,000-acre Cane River National Heritage Area. It consists of Oakland Plantation and portions of Magnolia Plantation. Both demonstrate the history of colonization, frontier influences, French Creole architecture and culture, cotton agriculture, slavery, and social practices over 200 years.
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
Submitted by siteadmin on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 22:11Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
419 Decatur Street
New Orleans, LA 70130
Phone: 504-589-3882
The park consists of Barataria, Chalmette Battlefield, the French Quarter, and the Acadian units. The Acadian Cultural Center, the Prairie Acadian Cultural Center at Eunice, and the Wetlands Acadian Cultural Center at Thibodaux interpret Cajun culture and history. Barataria, south of New Orleans, has trails and canoe tours through bottomland hardwood forests, swamp, and marsh. Chalmette, east of New Orleans, was the scene of the 1815 Battle of New Orleans. The French Quarter unit interprets the ethnic population of the Delta.
New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
Submitted by siteadmin on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 22:11New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
419 Decatur Street
New Orleans, LA 70130
Phone: 504-589-4806
The park will interpret jazz as it has evolved in New Orleans and assist a range of organizations involved with jazz and its history.
Poverty Point National Monument
Submitted by siteadmin on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 22:11Poverty Point National Monument
c/o Poverty Point State Commemorative Area
P.O. Box 248
Epps, LA 71237
Phone: 318-926-5492
Located in northeastern Louisiana, this park commemorates a culture that thrived during the first and second millennia B.C. Today this site, which contains some of the largest prehistoric earthworks in North America, continues to be managed by the state of Louisiana. State park facilities are open to the public. NO FEDERAL FACILITIES.
Vicksburg National Military Park
Submitted by siteadmin on Thu, 02/05/2009 - 16:53Vicksburg National Military Park
3201 Clay Street
Vicksburg, MS 39183
Phone: 601-636-0583
Reconstructed forts and trenches evoke memories of the 47-day siege that ended in the surrender of the city on July 4, 1863.Victory gave the North control of the Mississippi River. The Civil War ironclad gunboat USS Cairo is on display. Vicksburg National Cemetery--18,244 interments, 12,954 unidentified--is within the park; grave space is not available.
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