Category: Louisiana
Power In Prayer
There is power in prayer. For the residents of this city, the results of their prayers are still celebrated every year to commemorate an event…
Learning About a Battle from a Song
What you know about this battle probably comes from a song you’ve heard. So today we’ll “Take a little trip along with Colonel Jackson” to…
Keeping Their Freedom
It was Christmas of 1814 and the residents of New Orleans knew the British were heading their way. Soon they’d be on the ground intent…
Saving a City from Falling to the Enemy
Before you can get a group to move toward a goal, you have to get them working together. That was the biggest challenge facing this…
A Battle Over Three Decades
We think of Yorktown as the place where the United States secured its independence. However, this battle over three decades later kept the young nation…
Fort Saint Jean Baptiste
Within the boundaries of one of northwest Louisiana’s larger cities, you’ll find an old fort. It was this outpost around which today’s city grew and…
Home to the Caddo Nation
In northwestern Louisiana you’ll find lands once the home to the Caddo Nation. When the first European explorers came here, they soon developed a trading…
Fort Jesup
There’s a good chance you’ve never heard of this fort, yet it was very important in the United State’s war that acquired much of today’s…
The Parts of the Louisiana Purchase
When the United States made the Louisiana Purchase they didn’t get all of today’s state of Louisiana. Today I’ll take you to the part they…
Shreveport; and the Shroud of Turin
Although the Shroud of Turin is located in Italy, the research and a traveling exhibit about it have connections to this country and specifically the…