Lil Green
Lil Green was known as the Queen of the Blues in the early 1940s when her distinctive, seductive voice was highlighted on “Romance in the Dark,” “Why Don’t You Do Right?” and other blues and...
- mississippi
- blues
- african american
- women
Woodville Blues
Musicians from Woodville demonstrate the breadth of the blues’s influence on American music. Composer William Grant Still incorporated the blues into his “Afro-American Symphony,” while...
- mississippi
- blues
- music
- african-american
Parade Ground (1)
LSU's ROTC cadets regularly held military parades on the Parade Ground, hence the name. Practice for close-order drill was held here daily, as were formal parades in full military uniform for...
- louisiana
- lsu
- military
Parade Ground (2)
The LSU War Memorial. located at the flagpole, was dedicated in 1998 in memory of Tiger alumni who gave their lives in the defense of our country from World War II to the present.
- louisiana
- lsu
March of Galvez
Not far from here is the route taken from Manchac to Baton Rouge by the Spanish forces of Bernardo de Galvez in Sept. 1779 in their historic ouster of the British from this territory and...
- louisiana
- revolutionary war
- cemetery
Highland Cemetery
In use since 1815. Interred here, among others, are Armand Allard Duplantier, Sr. (1753-1827), French officer who served with Lafayette in the American Revolution; his wife, Constance...
- louisiana
- baton rouge
- cemetery
In Memory of Peter Damian Fledderman
Live Oak EndowmentIn Memory ofPeter Damian Fledderman"Pete"1961-2008MS Nuclear Science 1985
- louisiana
- lsu
Battle of Mansura/Bataille de Mansura
English:Confederate forces under General Dick Taylor here formed battle line May 16, 1864, barring passage of General Banks' retreating Union Army. The Battle of Mansura ended in withdrawal...
- louisiana
- civil war
- avoyelles parish
George the Duck
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Prairie Overlook Plaque
There is a mysterious something About the native grasses—A power, a spirit, A mystique—That both stirs the soul and quiets it Jim and Alice Wilson In memory of Timon Primm III 1914-1988 Member...
- shaw nature reserve
- prairies
- overlook