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The 1891 New Orleans lynchings were the murders of 11 Italian Americans, immigrants in New Orleans, by a mob for their alleged role in the murder of police chief David Hennessy after some of them had been acquitted at trial. It was the largest single mass lynching in American history. [ 1][ 2][ note 1] Most of the lynching victims accused in ...
A stiletto (plural stilettos [1]) is a specialized dagger with a long slender blade and needle-like point, primarily intended as a thrusting and stabbing weapon. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The stiletto blade's narrow cross-section and acuminated tip (that is, a tip which tapers to a sharp point) reduce friction upon entry, allowing the blade to penetrate deeply.
The history of New Orleans, Louisiana traces the city's development from its founding by the French in 1718 through its period of Spanish control, then briefly back to French rule before being acquired by the United States in the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. During the War of 1812, the last major battle was the Battle of New Orleans in 1815.
Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop is a historic structure at the corner of Bourbon Street and St. Philip Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. Most likely built as a house in the 1770s during the Spanish colonial period, it is one of the oldest surviving structures in New Orleans. According to legend, the privateer Jean Lafitte, aka ...
Decatur Street. Desire Street. Dryades Street. Dumaine Street. Earhart Expressway, an extension of Earhart Boulevard. Elysian Fields Avenue. Esplanade Avenue. Exchange Place (pedestrian only) Felicity Street.
By Arriana McLymore. NEW YORK, NY (Reuters) - Retailers are launching holiday marketing campaigns to lure in-store shoppers as supply chain issues boost costs for consumers.
Streetcars in New Orleans have been an integral part of the city's public transportation network since the first half of the 19th century. The longest of New Orleans ' streetcar lines, the St. Charles Avenue line, is the oldest continuously operating street railway system in the world. [ 3]: 42 Today, the streetcars are operated by the New ...
Tchoupitoulas Street ( / ˌtʃɒpɪˈtuːləs / ⓘ CHOP-ih-TOO-ləss) is a street in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Running through uptown, it is the through street closest to the Mississippi River. Formerly, the street was heavily devoted to river shipping commerce, but as shipping concerns gravitated to other locations in the latter ...