State Historic Preservation (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Steven D. Smith. Philip G. Rivet. Kathleen M. Byrd. Nancy W. Hawkins.

As Louisiana enters this second decade of the 21st century, it approaches a number of historic milestones including the bicentennials of statehood, the War of 1812, and the Battle of New Orleans (2015) along with the sesquicentennial of the American Civil War and the tercentenaries of both Natchitoches (2014) and New Orleans (2018). With these important commemorations just on the horizon, it seems highly appropriate that the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) and interested preservation...