An Ode to featuring Historian Charles Chamberlain November 15–19, 2021

Jackson Square and St. Louis Cathedral / Britt Reints Dear National Trust Traveler: New Orleans’ antebellum splendors, gracious interiors, lush private gardens, fascinating people, and enduring legacy of historic preservation take center stage on this custom-designed tour of the South’s grandest historic city. Explore how New Orleans’ strong ties to French, Spanish, and Caribbean cultures have contributed to her rich and singular architectural and cultural legacy. Hear how the city’s African and Cuban influences laid the groundwork for an astonishingly rich musical heritage, from ragtime to Dixieland, R&B to funk, and most famously made it the birthplace of jazz. Also examine the city’s dramatic struggles and transformation since Hurricane Katrina’s 2005 devastating blow. Led by National Trust study leader Charles Chamberlain, a historian and dynamic travel companion, our itinerary offers a wonderful variety of perspectives on this unique city. We will be invited into delightful private homes, introduced to prominent local artists, led by local garden experts through their lush gardens, and given special views of New Orleans’ finest cultural institutions. Highlights include a VIP tour through Evergreen Plantation, a visit to a beautifully restored Creole plantation, a special tour of the Ninth Ward revealing the impact of Hurricane Katrina, and visits to important historic homes. A custom walking tour guided by your study leader, a longtime local expert, will unlock the secrets of the .

Our five-day stay in New Orleans will be made all the more memorable with accommodations in the four-star Hotel Monteleone, a sparkling jewel in the heart of the French Quarter and a member of the National Trust’s Historic Hotels of America program. Our tour is further enriched by delectable Cajun meals in the city’s most popular restaurants. Nourish your soul and escape to New Orleans! Register now to reserve your space.

Meg Annacone-Poretz Director, National Trust Tours

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The National Trust for Historic Preservation is a private, nonprofit membership organization dedicated to saving historic places and revitalizing America’s communities. Enjoy the academic leadership of National Trust study leader Charles Chamberlain. Charles Chamberlain received his PhD in U.S. History from Tulane University and worked for ten years as the Museum Historian at the Louisiana State Museum. His book Victory at Home: Race and Manpower in the American South during World War II (University of Georgia Press) was published in 2003, and he has written numerous articles on jazz history, Louisiana history, and American culture. Since 2014, Dr. Chamberlain has served as professor of history at the University of New Orleans, concentrating on graduate- level Public History and Louisiana studies.

Visit important historic homes and talk about preservation efforts with the owners.

(right & below) Courtesy of the New Orleans Convention & Visitors Bureau

Tour the charming French Quarter with a longtime local preservationist. Longue Vue House and Gardens / Navin75

NOVEMBER 15, 2021 neighborhood, home to In contrast to the dense the largest pre-Civil War development of the French Laissez les bon community of free people of Quarter, gracious suburban temps rouler! color with a rich and vibrant villas are set on quarter-square Arrive independently at the history. See Congo Square, lots, surrounded by lush landmark Hotel Monteleone, formerly an open-air market landscaping. The evening is at a Historic Hotels of America where “Creoles of Color” leisure. ideally situated in the heart of brass and symphonic bands Hotel Monteleone (B, L) the French Quarter. At 4:30 performed, providing a p.m., meet for an orientation foundation for the birth of jazz. NOVEMBER 17, 2021 walking tour of the French Learn about the devastating Pitot House & Quarter, including a visit to effects of Hurricane Katrina the iconic Jackson Square and the ongoing recovery NOMA where iron fences, benches, efforts during a visit to the Visit the Pitot House Ninth Ward. Following a and Parisian-style landscaping Plantation, an 18th-century remain intact from their lunch of local specialties, see Creole country home that original 1851 design. See the why New Orleans is one of showcases American and the country’s hot spots for three significant 18th-century Louisiana antiques from the preservation during a visit buildings that flank the square: early 19th century. The house the St. Louis Cathedral; the to the elegant former City of was saved from destruction Cabildo, the former city hall; Lafayette, established by the by the Louisiana Landmarks Americans in the 1830s to and the Presbytère. Then Society in 1964 and restored enjoy a lecture by study leader rival the Creole-dominated to its original splendor. The Charles Chamberlain on the Vieux Carré. Enjoy access to garden at the Pitot House history of “the Big Easy.” Savor private homes in the area’s grows plants traditional to the a welcome dinner at one of two designated historical time period when the house the French Quarter’s best districts: the Irish Channel, was built. Continue to the restaurants. the working-class riverfront New Orleans Museum of Art Hotel Monteleone (D) neighborhood where first- (NOMA), the city’s oldest fine generation Irish and German arts institution for a guided NOVEMBER 16, 2021 immigrants settled before tour of collection highlights. the Civil War; and the Garden Following lunch at the The Soul of the District, where wealthy museum’s popular restaurant, Crescent City immigrants from Great Britain visit NOMA’s sculpture Begin with a guided tour and the North came and garden. With more than sixty of the Faubourg Tremé made their fortunes on cotton. sculptures spread across five acres, it is considered one of working sugarcane plantation, NOVEMBER 19, 2021 the nation’s most important Evergreen is owned by Matilda sculpture installations. Return Stream, who has actively Farewell to the French Quarter for an supported a wide range of New Orleans independent afternoon or for preservation causes in and Check out of the Hotel an optional visit to the Historic around New Orleans. Return Monteleone and visit Longue New Orleans Collection to the city for an afternoon at Vue House and Gardens, an for a guided tour through leisure or for an optional visit opulent 1939 Classical Revival the museum’s permanent to the incomparable National mansion with original English collection. World War II Museum, which and American antiques and Hotel Monteleone (B, L) emphasizes the American furniture. Ellen Biddle Shipman experience in World War II designed the eight acres of NOVEMBER 18, 2021 through powerful exhibits. Bid manicured formal gardens, Evergreen au revoir to “the Big Easy” at which are considered her a memorable farewell dinner masterpiece. Be dropped off Drive to Evergreen Plantation, in one of the French Quarter’s one of the South’s most intact at the New Orleans airport in historic restaurants. historic plantations, with 37 time to catch flights departing surviving buildings. Still a Hotel Monteleone (B, D) after 2:00 p.m.

Hotel Monteleone

Known as the “Grand Dame of the French Quarter”, the Monteleone has been owned and operated by five generations of the Monteleone family since 1886 and is a member of Historic Hotels of America. The guest rooms are elegantly furnished, most with high ceilings, and fine European- inspired décor. In the lobby, the hotel’s famed grandfather clock still chimes, surrounded by glittering chandeliers, polished marble floors, and gleaming brass appointments. Amenities include a rooftop fitness center and heated pool with views of New Orleans’ skyline. The hotel’s Carousel Bar is a legendary New Orleans hot spot that overlooks Royal Street. used to boast that he was born in the Monteleone. It has long been a favorite haunt of distinguished literary giants, from and to , Anne Rice, Stephen Ambrose, and John Grisham. It is one of only three U.S. hotels designated an official literary landmark by the Friends of the Library Association. NEW ORLEANS November 15–19, 2021 Tour Information

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