Category: Louisiana
Jean Lafitte
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Just the Start of a Military Career
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The D-Day Invasion
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/06/14Jun19-D-Day-Higgins-Boat-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It was early June of 1944 and for the American GI’s along the coast of England, they knew the time…
A Ride on a Higgins Boat
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/06/13Jun19-D-Day-Higgins-Boat-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Marvin Perrett can still take you on a ride on a Higgins boat today. If you don’t know what that…
The Power of Prayer in Battle
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http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/29Sep16-Battle-of-New-Orleans-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)What you know about this battle probably comes from a song you’ve heard. So today we’ll “Take a little trip…
Christmas 1814 – New Orleans
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/28Sep16-Battle-of-New-Orleans-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was Christmas of 1814 and the residents of New Orleans knew the British were heading their way. Soon they’d…
Mobilizing the Defense of New Orleans
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Keeping American Independence
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/26Sep16-Battle-of-New-Orleans-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)We think of Yorktown as the place where the United States secured its independence.cheap nfl jerseys However, this battle over…
Cemeteries in the Movies
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/03Jun16-New-Orleans-Cemetery-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)People often enjoy a chance to tour the sets of famous movies. Some of those backdrops are public places easily…
Putting the ‘Fun’ in Funerals
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/02Jun16-New-Orleans-Cemetery-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)A funeral is often an tearful occasion. While we honor and respect loved ones, it is an emotional time for…
New Orleans’ ‘Unusual’ Cemeteries
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/01Jun16-New-Orleans-Cemetery-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)In New Orleans you’ll find what many consider an unusual way to bury the dead. It involves moving bodies over…
When Caskets Floated
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/31May16-New-Orleans-Cemetery-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Once a casket is buried, you probably expect it to stay in the ground. The fact that the caskets here…
One Amazing Vantage Point
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/07Apr16-Docville-Farms-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It’s only five stories tall, but it might as well be a skyscraper when you consider the view you get…
Docville Farms
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New Orleans’ Plantations
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/05Apr16-Docville-Farms-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)The plantations east of New Orleans once grew indigo as a cash crop. Today, some of that land has been…
The Los Islenos Museum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/10Mar16-St-Bernard-Parish-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine moving from a place of volcanic rock and only two inches of rain per year, to a swamp. It’s…
A Place Not on the Way to Anywhere
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Colonists from the Canaries
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/08Mar16-St-Bernard-Parish-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Where did the bulk of the early settlers east of New Orleans originally call home? The answer will probably surprise…
Keeping Out the British
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/07Mar16-St-Bernard-Parish-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When Spain acquired New Orleans and the Louisiana Territory, they had several challenges. One of the biggest was finding folks…