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January 31, 2007
Feature Photo - St. Louis #1
Beads left as an offering to Marie Laveau at the Glapion Family tomb in St. Louis Cemetery Number One. While there are several tombs in St. Louis #1 and #2 that are purported to be the resting place of the city's most famous "Voodoo Queen," the Glapion tomb is the one most widely regarded as where she is.
Carnival beads are a typical offering for a favor. They're an inexpensive token of belief and faith. And they don't mark up the tomb like the X's scratched onto the tomb with pieces of brick, which keeps the heads of the SOC folks from exploding...
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January 10, 2007
Feature Photo
Tomb of the Orleans Artillery Benevolent Society, St. Louis Cemetery Number One.
The Orleans Artillery Benevolent Society is the private organization for veterans of the Orleans Batallion of Artillery, which was later absorbed into the Washington Artillery in 1838. The Washington Artillery is now 1st Batallion, 141st Field Artillery, Louisiana National Guard. This unit's history goes all the way back to the Battle of New Orleans, which is why the tomb is featured this week, to pause for a moment and remember those who died defending New Orleans from the British on January 8, 1815.
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January 3, 2007
Wednesday Cemetery Blogging
Girod Street Cemetery during the Civil War
I decided to start a page on Girod Street Cemetery, but ran into a bit of a dilemma. Girod Street was opened in 1822, but fell into serious disrepair in the early 20th century and had to be demolished by the 1950s. As a result, the photos of Girod Street are either very old (like this one) or depict a cemetery in ruins. We'll start with the intact cemetery first, and then add the ruins later.
Check out more on Girod on its main page and history page. We'll be adding to those in the next few weeks.
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