Louisiana IX

Louisiana has joined the vast majority of states by dedicating an official state Vietnam memorial. I am not sure why it took so long, but they are not the only state to have not done this, at least 'til now!

Molly Macdonald, a frequent contributor here has sent me these pictures from a recent visit to Louisiana. the memorial honoring all 8885 from the state who were lost or are missing is located. I have posted at least one other memorial that honors all, but it was not placed by the state. You can see that post here.

The new memorial, dedicated in March 2025, is located in St. Charles about an hour West and South of New Orleans.

There are several additional features that I will post at a later date. I am just very happy to have a memorial to show you. A huge thanks to Molly for forwarding these to me and I hope that her contributions will encourage others to send me ones they have seen, too.

I list some of the other contributors below. Please consider adding your name to the list. Each of you add to the knowledge of this effort and therefore, honor to their names.

Next time on the 21st, we will return to Maine to honor a few of her heroes. These will post, as usual, at 9:00 am. 

As mentioned above, if you are following along at all, you will have seen that a number of you, like Joan from Wisconsin, Tony from Texas, Mike from Maryland, Ron from Florida, Tim from Virginia, Molly from Florida, Colleen from Pennsylvania, Elli from Maryland, and Peg and Ray from Florida, among others, have responded to my request to send me memorials you have seen in your area or where you may have traveled. I even got one from Ireland! These submissions help expand the knowledge of how we have remembered the men and women who served and/or were lost in 'Nam and you help to honor them. If you have any such photos, I would love to see them. Please send them along to the email at the left and I will gladly share them here.