This park highlights a part of U.S. History we do not learn about in school. That a bunch of outnumbered, rag-tag, poorly provisioned Americans (citizens, freed slaves, Choctaw) defeated the British…Full review by funwithspinsters
Aug 31, 2024
We stopped at the Chalmette National Cemetery first. ~16,000 grave sites. Many of unknown soldiers. This site has one long straight road that’s canopied by trees with graves on either side. The house…Full review by Blue_eyed_adventures
May 30, 2024
Very nice, but small, explanation of the Battle of New Orleans. Clean grounds with easy to understand displays. Does solemn honor to the events that occurred here.Full review by Bruce B
I would like to see the battlefield but do not have a car. Are cabs reasonably priced and easy to find to get back to the city from the battlefield?
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Don't know about cab pricing. You are not really very far from the city, but lots of stop and go traffic, especially any time near rush hour. That would add to the taxi cost. You would …
Don't know about cab pricing. You are not really very far from the city, but lots of stop and go traffic, especially any time near rush hour. That would add to the taxi cost. You would have to call for a taxi to pick you up at the battlefield, but I think any cab driver would be happy to do it because you would generate a respectable fare and they would end up in the city where they could pick up a new passenger. You would get to see a lot of old New Orleans residential architecture on the way back to the city. Not mansions, but middle class housing probably built between the Civil War and the turn of the 1800-1900 century.
I recall Hurricane Katrina pretty much flooded the park--does anyone have any before and after information? I visited many years ago.
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That was so log ago, it's perfectly fine to visit now. You can drive here or take the Creole Queen riverboat to get there and the ranger guided tours are great!!
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