The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-10-24
To REFIIGEIT GREAT DhTTLE.
Famous Encounter Between Ameri-
can and British Troops at New
Orleans One Hundred Years Ago
to be Reproduced in Detail.

to be Reproduced in Detail.
On January 8, 1915, the descend
ants of the brave Creoles and other
Americans who defended New Orle-
ans against the British invasion one
| hundred years ago Will re-enact the
| famous battle that gained for the
United States the honors of the war
OF 1912.
On that date New Orleans will be
the host of Il great number of digni-
taries of national and international
prominence, and On the identical
spot where General Andrew Jackson,
with his sure-shooting Tennessee and
kentucky riflemen and Creole inhab-
itants of the city, drove the red
coated invaders from the soil of Lou
isiana in one of the greatest battles
known to history, viii visualize the
struggle exactly as it occurred.
The celebration will mark the end
Of the zone hundred years of peace
between English-speaking nations"
series of celebrations, and the one
given in New Orleans will eclipse all
| others in point of general interest.
A three-day celebration will be under
the jurisdiction of the Louisiana His
torleaI Society, and as the state has
appropriated several thousand dollars
for the series of events it is expect
ed that thousands of visitors will be
attracted to the southern city during
these balmy days of semi-tropica1
mid winter.
Not only will the battle itself be
reproduced, but all the events lead
ing up to the deciding conflict viii
be portrayed by descendants Of the
heroes Of hundred years ago. These
pictures Of bygone day will be re-
enacted On the Identical spots where
they originally became history, the
locale of the stirring scenes including
such famous landmarks as the histar-
ic St. Louis Cathedral, the Cabildo,-
the Spanish Arsenal (built in 1770),
Maspero's and Tremoulet's exchanges,
where the defenses of the city were
planned by "Old Hickory and the
citizens committee of defense; the
famous "Cak Alley" On the old de
la Ronde plantation, (said to be the
handsomest double row of oak trees
in the, world, now over 200 years
old). and the Villere and LaCoste
plantation homes.
Grandsons and daughters of the.
historic characters long known as the
best families of Louisiana will be the
actors in these scenes, and in the
costumes used many priceless heir
looms will be worn. Not only will
the different buildings, whose ages
have long since topped the century
l1rca
run to the thousands will be taken
from the famous Louisiana State
n gene
suine letters and battlefield orders
signed by Jackson; the battle drum
used by General Jackson.s free boy
of color, General Pakenham's field
glass, dropped by this brave CON-
mander when mortally wounded as
he cheered his men to the attack on
the American mud earthWorks;
swords welded by both the American
and British officers, and flint-loek
muskets and squirrel rifles that
stopped the British advance.
The whole series of events will be
preserved in motion pictures, and
after the battle" the Louisiana State
Museum will send the completed
reels all over the country as educa-
tional features for school, colleges
and historical societies.
The three-day program includes:
Friday, Jan. S, te deum at the Ursu-
lines Chapel; rendezvous of Unit
ed States warships before the city,
a salute of 100 guns from every
craft and military organization,
naval parade on the Mississippi to
the battle-ground, and the reproduc-
ton OF the battle on the identical
field. A battle tableaux will be CIV
en- that evening. Saturday, Jan. 8,
permanent Battle Abbey, in honor OF
Louisiana arms and yalor, will be
formally opened after mammoth
military parade through the streets
of the city and a ceremonial at the
State Museum, where relics will pc
displayed. Sunday viii witness theI
ceremonial in the old Place d'Armes
Jackson Squarel replicating the
Growing of Old Hickory, as given
after the original battle of New Or
leans. A grand pontifical mass in
the historic st. Louis Cathedral Will
follow as was done 100 years ago.