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From The Streetcar for 13-August-2026
Next Thursday at the Jefferson Parish Library! In This Issue A Little History... - Our feature story Notes from the Lakefront - Updates Ad of the Week - advertising blasts from the past! How you can help NOLA History Guy - Things you can do right now! NOLA Six Word...
BOSH Purple Heart Update
A Memorial Day update on a Purple Heart we found in the Brother Martin High School/BOSH archives. BOSH Purple Heart Update As part of my work in the archives at Brother Martin High School, I came across a Purple Heart decoration in its presentation box. Inside the box...
Podcast 63 – The Allard Plantation
Podcast 63 presents the Allard Plantation, now New Orleans City Park. The Allard Plantation The land along Bayou St. John, from Lake Pontchartrain to the "Great Portage" attracted members of Bienville's exploration party from the first trips they made to what would be...
Podcast 62 – Battle of New Orleans (for Walking Tour Guides)
This is the podcast version of the lecture I presented on the Battle to the Friends of the Cabildo WTG 2026. Podcast 62 - Battle of New Orleans (for Walking Tour Guides) I had the pleasure of presenting to the Friends of the Cabildo's Walking Tour Guide class of 2026...
Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday in New Orleans
Good Friday is still a day off for many businesses in New Orleans. Like many local traditions, those surrounding Holy Week fade. Our secular world pushes out religious traditions. Grandmothers and great-grandmothers focused on religion so much more. They took Holy...
Siege of Fort St. Phillip, 9-January-1815
Fort St. Philip protected New Orleans from attack via the Mississippi River. Fort St. Philip during the Battle of New Orleans By 9am on January 8, 1815, the Battle of New Orleans was all but over. With Lt. General Pakenham and Maj. General Gibbs dead, Maj. General...
Become a Friends of the Cabildo Walking Tour Guide!
We'd love for you to consider becoming a FOC Walking Tour Guide. (cross-posted to New Orleans Then And Now) Friends of the Cabildo Walking Tour Guide Class 2026 Apply for the class here! The Friends of the Cabildo (FOC) operate one of the best French Quarter Walking...
Cutting Out Lake Borgne
Cutting out Lake Borgne - American defense delayed the British. Editor's note: this article, originally posted in 2022, has been updated, as we develop a resource packet on the Battle of New Orleans. Cutting out Lake Borgne "British and American Gunboats in Action on...
The UCMJ and Crusader NJROTC 1973
We learned a lot from Mr. Adams in Crusader NJROTC 1973. REMINDER: NOLA HISTORY GUY Speaking at Learning Before Lunch at UNO, Thursday 11-December. Crusader NJROTC 1973 Photo of the current Brother Martin Naval Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC) Color...
Learning Before Lunch speaking engagement Thursday
THANK YOU for coming out to my talk with the Learning Before Lunch group! As I mentioned during the talk, I've given this presentation before, so it's available as a NOLA History Guy Podcast. Enjoy!...
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