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Individual markers were placed near the obelisk in 2008 to honor the soldiers. [6] The last surviving Confederate widow in Minden, storekeeper Alberta Glass (August 25, 1845 – January 8, 1937), is interred at Minden Cemetery. [7] In 2003, the Minden Cemetery Association began conducting an annual "Ghost Walk" to raise money for cemetery upkeep.
This list of cemeteries in Louisiana includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable.
Claiborne Parish (French: Paroisse de Claiborne) is a parish located in the northwestern section of the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish was formed in 1828, [1] and was named for the first Louisiana governor, William C. C. Claiborne. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,170. [2] The parish seat is Homer. [3]
Webster Parish (French: Paroisse de Webster) is a parish located in the northwestern section of the U.S. state of Louisiana.The parish seat and largest city is Minden. [1]As of the 2020 census, the Webster Parish population was 36,967. [2]
Downtown Homer is centered about the Claiborne Parish Courthouse, constructed in 1860. The Herbert S. Ford Memorial Museum and the Homer Chamber of Commerce jointly occupy the building of the former Claiborne Hotel building. Homer is a town in and the parish seat of Claiborne Parish in northern Louisiana, United States. [2]
This is a list of properties and districts in Louisiana that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are listings in each of Louisiana's 64 parishes . The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below), may be seen in a map by clicking on "Map of ...
President Biden took a departing jab at Trump, saying that what the president-elect did was a "genuine threat to democracy.". Ahead of the anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol ...
The Homer Historic District, a 13 acres (5.3 ha) historic district in Homer in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [ 1 ] The district includes 56 buildings, mainly commercial buildings, of which 39 are contributing buildings , set around a courthouse square and along an adjacent railroad ...