This park highlights a part of U.S. History we do not learn about in school. That a bunch of outnumbered, rag-tag, poorly provisioned Americans (citizens, freed slaves, Choctaw) defeated the British…Full review by funwithspinsters
Aug 31, 2024
We stopped at the Chalmette National Cemetery first. ~16,000 grave sites. Many of unknown soldiers. This site has one long straight road that’s canopied by trees with graves on either side. The house…Full review by Blue_eyed_adventures
May 30, 2024
Very nice, but small, explanation of the Battle of New Orleans. Clean grounds with easy to understand displays. Does solemn honor to the events that occurred here.Full review by Bruce B
I would like to see the battlefield but do not have a car. Are cabs reasonably priced and easy to find to get back to the city from the battlefield?
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Hi we went on the Creole Queen tour and that is worth it but the lunch wasn't great. I got the tickets through Groupon so check Groupon as I got 2 tickets for $18! Actually there was a …
Hi we went on the Creole Queen tour and that is worth it but the lunch wasn't great. I got the tickets through Groupon so check Groupon as I got 2 tickets for $18! Actually there was a Groupon sale and I got them for $14! I have no idea about a taxi or driving.
I recall Hurricane Katrina pretty much flooded the park--does anyone have any before and after information? I visited many years ago.
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I don't know what it was like before Katrina, but the battlefield was fine when I visited in December 2015. If you read Robin Reilly's book The British at the Gates, you will see how …
I don't know what it was like before Katrina, but the battlefield was fine when I visited in December 2015. If you read Robin Reilly's book The British at the Gates, you will see how much trouble the Brits had from New Orleans' typical soggy land conditions. The Brits had very bad luck, because December is usually a lot more dry and warm than it was at the time of their invasion. (I grew up in Baton Rouge.) Next time we are there, we will be sure to take a ranger-led tour, and maybe even do the paddleboat tour, which our cousins from New Orleans highly recommend.
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