Frenchtown Historic Community

In 1831, historic plantations, churches, homesteads, educational institutions, businesses and residences filled this area.

The community has long been occupied by free people of color and other persons of African descent. Following the Civil War many freed slaves migrated into ...

National Historic Landmark - French Quarter

The New Orleans French Quarter, also know as the Vieux Carre, is the oldest neighborhood in the city and the second oldest historic district in the country.

In 1718, the French governor of Louisiana, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville established the ...

Frenchman Flat

As part of the Nevada Test Site, Frenchman Flat played a vital role in the development and maintenance of the Cold War nuclear arsenal.

Located in the desert sixty-five miles northwest of Las Vegas, the Flat was a test site for ...

Memorial to the French Fleet

[ South side : ]

Near this spot

the French army of 6000 men

led by General Rochambeau

our allies

in the War for Independence

first set foot upon American soil

July XIII 1780

[ East side : ]

I welcome the news

of your arrival

A new mark of friendship

from ...

Frenchman's Creek

In an effort to regain the initiative lost at Queenston, the Americans planned a general invasion for 28 November 1812. Before dawn advance parties crossed the Niagara River to cut communications between Fort Erie and Chippawa and to silence the ...

18th Century French Mortar

Cast in France of high bronze alloy, circa 1725, the sunburst design was the official crest of Louis XV. This 10 inch mortar was sent to America as part of the French support of the American Revolution. It saw service ...

Frenchtown Veterans Monument

To honor those who fought to preserve our freedoms, the Citizens of Frenchtown dedicate these memorials to our valiant dead. Let us also dedicate them to the living ... and to the promise of the future.

Marker is on Harrison Street, ...

French Botanical Garden

André Michaux (1746-1802), botanist to Louis XVI of France, lived here 1786-96. He established a botanical garden 300 yards north in order to export native American trees and plants to France. Michaux was the first to import the camellia, crape ...

French's Battery

Drake's Brigade

C.S.A.

Brigadier General Bushrod R. Johnson's Division

Colonel Joseph Drake's Brigade

French's BatteryThis battery of four pieces went into position between the 4th Mississippi and 15th Arkansas regiments and supported the brigade effectively in the defensive and offensive actions during the operations ...

The Prince of the French Explorers

(North Side):The Prince of the French Explorers

Commissioned by Louis XIV of France, the Sieur Robert de LaSalle, sweeping down the Mississippi with his flotilla of canoes, stopped in 1682 at this place, in his quest for the mouth of the ...