17. We finish
discussing
the 1825-1826 visit to America of Carl Bernhard, Duke of
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. Bernhard, a hero of the Battle of Waterloo, was a
Prussian officer who fought with the British against Napoleon. As a
popular, powerful aristocrat, Bernhard was given the red carpet
treatment throughout his travels. We discuss his adventures in New
Orleans, Louisiana, and on the Mississippi River, and his observations
of the early American republic. He was a keen observer of life in
general, and the military in particular. The hero of Waterloo gives a
vivid account of the Battle of New Orleans, possibly the first one many
in his original European audience had read.
- This week in Louisiana:
5th Annual Louisiana Studies Conference, “Preserving Louisiana” Northwestern State University of Louisiana. Presentation about the Louisiana Anthology by Bruce &
Steven. Sept 21, 2:00-3:15 Performing Arts Building 207. Admission is free. Come for the presentation, stay for the meat pies!
Natchitoches
Meat Pie Festival
September 20, 2013 - September 21, 2013
Website | 318-352-8072, 800-259-1714
781 Front Street, Natchitoches, LA 71457
Celebrate our famous meat pies with music, eating contests and
lotta' hotta' meat pies on the downtown riverbank in downtown
historic district. Admission is free.
- This week in Louisiana history - English Turn So
named because in this bend, September 15, 1699, Bienville,
coming downstream, met the British who had come up river to
choose site for a settlement. Bienville convinced Captain
Lewis Banks that the territory was in possession of the
French. Early concessions were established in the vicinity.
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