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January 4, 2006
Dominique You
Since Sunday (8-Jan) is the anniversery of the Battle of New Orleans, here's the tomb of one of that battle's heros, Dominique You:
Dominique You was a pirate, privateer captain, lieutenant of Jean Lafitte, Hero of the Battle of New Orleans, Freemason, and notable citizen of New Orleans after the battle. He was born in Haiti in 1775. Serving as an artillerist in the army of the French Revolution, he traveled with the expedition to Santo Domingo in 1802. When that expedition failed to defeat the slave revolt led by Toussaint l'Ouverture, You went to New Orleans and became associated with the Lafitte brothers, Jean and Pierre. (Some accounts claim that You is a third Lafitte brother, but actual evidence of this is unclear.)
Click on the photo to go to the St. Louis #2 page on M. You.
Posted by YatPundit at January 4, 2006 4:31 PM