garryblanson.com

In honor of Black History Month ( I know that
tourism played a bigger role in it, however, we still
get the blessings!).

[Statistics show that there are
at least 3 million African-American tourist per year.]

In thiscase,the blessings are :

” African-American Heritage Trail sites.”
Now when you travel thru the State of Louisiana,
you can seek-out these 26 official African-American
Trail sites. It was duly noted that this is one of only
two ( African-American Trail sites ) in the nation.
It was also noted that Louisiana is the number 2 place
to visit for African-American Tourist.The trail is a
collection of sites in Louisiana which showcases the
contributions of African-Americans. With no further
ado,here are the 26 African- American Trail sites :

1. New Orleans African-American Museum (New Orleans)
2. St.Augustine Church(New Orleans)
3. St. Louis Cemeteries No. 1 and No. 2 (New Orleans)
4. The French Market (New Orleans)
5. Congo Square / Armstrong Park (New Orleans)
6. Amistad Research Center (New Orleans)
7. Mahalia Jackson’s Gravesite / Providence Park Cementary
(Metairie)
8. Laura Plantation (Vacherie)
9. Evergreen Plantation (Wallace)
10. River Road African-American Museum (Donaldsonville)
11. Tangipahoa African-American Heritage Museum
(Hammond)
12. State Capitol (Baton Rouge)
13. Southern University (Baton Rouge)
14. Port Hudson (Jackson)
15. African-American Museum (St.Martinville)
16. Black Heritage Art Gallery / Central School
Arts and Humanities Center (Lake Charles)
17. Creole Heritage Folk Life Center (Opelousas)
18. Arna Bontemps African-American Heritage Museum
(Alexandria)
19. St.Augustine Church (Natchez)
20. Cane River Creole National Historic
Park Creole Center (Natchitoches)
21. Melrose Plantation (Melrose)
22. Multicultural Center of the Sou (Shreveport)
23. Southern University Museum of Art (Shreveport)
24. Grambling State University (Grambling)
25. Northeast Louisiana Delta African-American
Heritage Museum (Monroe)
[ The home town of Garry O. Blanson ]
- author of garryblanson.com
26. Hermione Museum (Tallulah)

- If you’re ever down near Monroe or
Shreveport,Louisiana { LOOK ME UP }

- garry b

PS: For all you history buffs;

It was between Monroe and Shreveport, Louisiana
where the in’famous, Bonnie & Clyde
(Barrow - the robbers & police killers)
- breathed their last breaths!