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Confederate Memorial Hall was established in 1891 by New Orleans philanthropist Frank T. Howard, to house the historical collections of the Louisiana Historical Association. [4] The museum quickly accumulated a vast collection of Civil War items, mostly in the form of personal donations by veterans.
On December 17, 2015, the New Orleans City Council voted 6-to-1 to remove the Gen. Beauregard Statue, along with three other historical monuments built 100 to 135 years ago. Mayor Landrieu announced that the removal of the monuments would happen within days. [citation needed] The statue's removal began on May 16, 2017, [4] and was completed on ...
The Beauregard-Keyes House is a historic residence located at 1113 Chartres Street in the French Quarter, New Orleans, Louisiana. It is currently a museum, the BK Historic House and Gardens, that focuses on the past residents and associates of the house. These include its wealthy, pre-civil war French Creole inhabitants, the people they ...
The Southern Historical Society was an American organization founded to preserve archival materials related to the government of the Confederate States of America and to document the history of the American Civil War. [1] [2] [3] The society was organized on May 1, 1869, in New Orleans, Louisiana.
New Orleans Fire Department Museum: Garden District: Firefighting: Located in the Washington Avenue firehouse, open by appointment [1] [2] New Orleans Mint: French Quarter: Numismatic: Part of the Louisiana State Museum, features a jazz museum and music venue that is part of the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park New Orleans Museum of ...
Confederate Memorial Hall Museum; Contemporary Arts Center (New Orleans) F. Fair Grounds Racing Hall of Fame; Fort Pike; G. Gallier House; H. ... New Orleans Jazz Museum;
The American flag, as it would have appeared in 1862. On April 25, 1862, as Union Navy ships approached Confederate New Orleans, Commodore David Farragut ordered two officers to send a message to Mayor John T. Monroe requesting removal of Confederate flags from the United States Custom House (New Orleans), New Orleans Mint, and New Orleans City Hall at the Gallier Hall building, and the ...
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