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The Battle of New Orleans and Andrew Jackson.

26-May-14

http://thisisthewilderness.com/early-morning-operas-holoscenes-returns/ A general atmosphere of dereliction seems to be the Chalmette Battlefield’s way of confessing that it merits only a cursory visit; and I did not give it more. A cracked pavement circles an irregularly mowed field, with faded placards indicating the positions and movements of troops during the battle; atop a rampart sat a few […]

Through Chalmette.

25-May-14

http://preferredmode.com/tag/brooklyn/ I was curious to see Chalmette.  I remember one time I was speaking with a woman in New York who said she was from New Orleans.  “New Orleans!”  I said.  “What part?”  She paused a bit and then said, “Just outside New Orleans, actually.  You probably wouldn’t know it.”  “I might,” I said.  “I know […]

In the Parish.

24-May-14

I wasn’t eaten that night by an alligator, as it turns out; I woke up entire, and immediately hopped on my bike to do a little morning tour of the park. There were all kinds of wading birds everywhere; they flew off as soon as I was within a hundred feet or so.  I found […]