Posted on 01/03/2015 3:10:42 PM PST by BBell
A man, 32, was sexually assaulted Friday in the French Quarter, New Orleans police said Saturday.
(Excerpt) Read more at nola.com ...
Don’t forget Chalmette Battlefield right next door.
The Bicentennial of the Battle of New Orleans is just five days away, January 8th.
I had a couple of ancestors there, one who manned cannon alongside Jean Lafitte. Some ungenerous souls called him a ‘pirate’, I’m sure he preferred ‘entrepreneur’.
thanks for the remind
“And Arabi right down the street”
I have ancestors who once owned a camelback house not too far from there. Looking at the map it’s either in the Bywater or the St Claude neighborhood. On Desire St, maybe near Burgundy.
That’s near where I used to live pre-Katrina... Right on the By Water/Marigny border railroad tracks. I miss it... It will never be the same.
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