Chalmette Battlefield: John Lafitte National Historic Park & Preserve

Adam asked us to go visit the Chalmette (Shalmette) Battlefield.  This is the site

 of the Battle of New Orleans.

This is the site of the final battle
 of the War of 1812.

Major General

Andrew Jackson hastily

assembled an army.

Major General Edward Pakenham
lead the battle hardened British
Army.

The British attack was undermanned

because of delays in crossing the 

Mississippi River. 

American troops laid down withering
fire.  Members of the British Command
were killed.

Surrender to the Americans followed.

This battle confirmed that 

American Democracy

triumphs over European

aristocracy & entitlement.

In 1852, the Louisiana Legislature appropriated funds to purchase land at the battlefield

and to build a monument.  Funding problems delayed the project, which was 

completed in 1900.  In 1939 the Chalmette National Historic Park was

created and the site became part of the National Parks Service.