Meagababy Hides in Hook & Ladder Cemetery!
Meagababy, aka Meagan Leonard Martinez was encouraged by her parents since birth to embrace her creative side. She flexes her creative muscle in various mediums, from stunning full on body makeup to sugar skull art to creating voodoo dolls and special jewelry. A combination of her art and interest in
Cemetery Tour gives a glimpse into Gretna’s colorful past
The Hook & Ladder Cemetery Tour on Oct. 20 proved to be a success even though light rain fell off and on throughout the evening. Opened umbrellas could be seen creating shadows among the tombs. Guests, who were good sports about the weather enjoyed food at the Red Maple Restaurant
Valentine’s Day weddings
This year eight Valentine’s Day weddings were scheduled at the Blacksmith Shop, but volunteers say walk-ins are common. The shop has hosted up to 36 weddings one Valentine’s Day. ‘Every year it’s been just wonderful,’ said Gretna Historical Society Vice-President Elizabeth Schwarz. ‘Some people come in from off the street.
On This Spot: The Gretna Dash of the Lovesick
A couple comes outside for photos after being married at the Gretna Green Famous Blacksmiths Shop. In 1753, Philip Yorke, the 1st Earl of Hardwicke, successfully introduced to England’s Houses of Parliament the Marriage Act, known also by its full name “An Act for the Better Preventing of Clandestine Marriage.”
Gretna City Hall on 64 Parishes.com
The Gretna City Hall building is conventional in its Beaux-Arts forms, but, squeezed onto its narrow site, it is a compact composition with a vertical emphasis. Parish boundary changes and inadequate facilities have given the Jefferson Parish seat of justice a peripatetic history. In Gretna, the former William Tell Fire
Getting to Gemütlichkeit: German History and Culture in Southeast Louisiana
Louisiana’s German citizens constitute both one of the oldest and one of the newest populations in the state. The earliest recorded German immigrants to Louisiana arrived in 1722, and Germans continue to arrive every year, especially in the New Orleans area. The fact that residents of German descent actually comprise
City celebrates its German heritage with visit from consul general
The German-American Cultural Center (GACC) museum in Gretna recently opened its doors and welcomed two special guests, the German consul general from Houston and the honorary consul based here in New Orleans. On Dec. 17, during his visit to southeast Louisiana, Consul General Thomas H. Meister stopped in Gretna. Meister,
Old Steam Pumper is Pride & Joy!
One of Gretna’s favorite treasures is the 1876 steam fire pumper that was once pulled by the men of the David Crockett Fire Company No. 1, the oldest, continuously active volunteer fire company in the United States. The old pumper is housed at 205 Lafayette Street in the Louisiana Fire
National Register of Historic Places Information
Present and original Appearance The David Crockett Fire Company Gould #31 Pumper is a fifth class, copper, brass and steel fire engine which was manufactured by the R. Gould Company of Newark, New Jersey in 1876. It is located in its original setting, Crockett’s Fire Hall, and remains remarkably intact.
New Gretna fire station offers protection on the river side of railroad tracks
The new $2.3 million firehouse on Weidman Street in Gretna has all of the modern technology you would expect a brand-new station to have, but its most salient feature isn’t a piece of equipment. When the David Crockett Fire Department’s McDonoghville substation opens next month, it will be the first
About our museum
A visible trace, evidence, or sign of something that once existed but exists or appears no more: a building that is the area's last vestige of its colonial era. A rudimentary or degenerate, usually non functioning, structure that is the remnant of an organ or part that was fully developed or functioning in a preceding generation or an earlier stage of development.