It may be cold outside and we are all stuck inside, but that won't stop the research! We have located SEVERAL new monuments to research! Check out the new additions:
1899 Great Fire in New Iberia
1910 Great Fire in Lake Charles
1925 Allendale Fire in Shreveport
1927 Point Lookout Cemetery at Angola
1946 Baudoin Foret School Fire
2005 Hurricane Rita
We have heard of others, but need to put on our detective hats and find those monuments! Apparently, there was an earthquake that made the Mississippi River run backwards. With the great Mississippi River flood, there may have been a few placed along the river. We are STILL trying to find more in central and north Louisiana.
This project is really taking off. What a ride! When I first started, I only had about 5 disasters with a monument associated with it....now I'm up to about 20! Keep 'em commin'!
Monumental: Louisiana’s Forgotten Disaster Monuments is a chronicle of disasters that have affected the state of Louisiana. The author, Nicole Peace Coarsey, has cataloged memorials, monuments, cemeteries, and historical markers across the state.
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