Jean Lafitte National Historical Park & Preserve December 2019 PROGRAMS BELOW HAPPEN EVERY WEEK ON THE DAYS SHOWN. See other side for program descriptions, exhibits, and special events. For more information or upcoming months, visit www.nps.gov/jela HOLIDAY ALERT – ALL visitor centers closed on Wednesday, December 25, for federal Christmas holiday. See below for holiday hours for Barataria Preserve parking lot gates and Chalmette Battlefield/Chalmette National Cemetery entrance gates. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday wetlands walk Battle of New history talk 9:30am FQ NO PROGRAMS history talk 9:30am FQ history talk 9:30am FQ 10:00am BP Orleans talk WEDNESDAY, DEC 25 history talk 9:30am FQ 10:45am CB Louisiana Talks & La Table Francaise 9:30- Acadiana with Kids 10;00-11:00am PACC Battle of New Tales 10:00am ACC history talk 9:30am FQ Bayou Lafourche boat tour 11:00am PACC Orleans talk Historic 10:00am-noon WACC wetlands walk 10:00am BP 10:45am CB Thibodaux Battle of New Orleans Bayou Lafourche boat tour Bayou Lafourche boat tour walking tour talk 10:45am CB 10:00am-noon WACC Louisiana Talks & Tales 10:00am-noon WACC Battle of New Orleans talk 10:45am CB Battle of New 2:00pm WACC (no 10:00am ACC Orleans talk tour Mon Nov 11) Historic Thibodaux Louisiana Talks & Tales Louisiana Talks & Tales Cajun French conversations 1:00-2:00pm 2:45pm CB walking tour 2:00pm 10:00am ACC wetlands walk 10:00am BP 10:00am ACC PACC Battle of New WACC Orleans talk wetlands walk 10:00am BP Battle of New Orleans talk wetlands walk 10:00am BP ranger talk 2:00-2:30pm PACC 2:45pm CB Battle of New Orleans 10:45am CB talk 2:45pm CB Battle of New Orleans talk Battle of New Orleans talk Battle of New Orleans talk 2:45pm CB Monday Night 10:45am CB Battle of New Orleans talk 10:45am CB Music 5:30-6:30pm Cercle Francophone 2:45pm CB music and dancing 2:45-3:45pm PACC WACC (no music 5:30-7:00pm WACC Historic Thibodaux walking Battle of New Orleans talk Mon Nov 11) (no Cercle Dec 24 or tour 2:00pm WACC 2:45pm CB cooking demonstration 4:00-5:00pm PACC Dec 31) Battle of New Orleans talk Rendez-vous des Cajuns 6:00-7:30pm PACC 2:45pm CB
Site Locations & Days/Times of Operation
ACC – Acadian Cultural Center, 501 Fisher Road, Lafayette, 337-232-0789 ext. 201. Open Tuesday-Friday 9:00am-4:30pm, Saturday 8:30am-noon. Closed Wednesday, December 25. Free.
BP – Barataria Preserve, 6588 Barataria Blvd., Marrero, 504-689-3690 ext. 10. Visitor center open Wednesday-Sunday 9:30am-4:30pm. Restrooms open and gates to parking lots open for trail access daily 9:00am -5:00pm including Wednesday, December 25. Visitor center closed Wednesday, December 25. Free.
CB – Chalmette Battlefield and Chalmette National Cemetery, 8606 West St. Bernard Hwy., Chalmette, 504-281-0510. Open daily 9:00am-4:00pm. On Wednesday, December 25, visitor center closed; entrance gates to battlefield and national cemetery open 9:30am-3:30pm. Free.
FQ – French Quarter Visitor Center, 419 Decatur Street, New Orleans, 504-589-3882 ext. 221. Open Tuesday-Saturday 9:00am-4:30pm. Closed Wednesday, December 25. Free.
PACC – Prairie Acadian Cultural Center, 250 West Park Avenue, Eunice, 337-457-8499. Open Wednesday-Friday 9:30am-4:30pm, Saturday 9:30am-6:00pm. Closed Wednesday, December 25. Free.
WACC – Wetlands Acadian Cultural Center, 314 Saint Mary St., Thibodaux, 985-448-1375. Open Monday-Tuesday 9:00am-7:00pm, Wednesday-Friday 9:00am-5:00pm. Closed Wednesday, December 25. Free.
Program Descriptions Special Events, Exhibits & Programs Acadiana with Kids 10:00-11:00am Explore the people, places, and natural world of Acadiana through activities for kids of all ages. A parent or guardian must remain with children six and under. Free. PACC Special Exhibit – ACC “Colors of the Heart” shares the work of internationally
known Choctaw artist Waylon White Deer Through January 2. Free. See Acadian Battle of New Orleans talk 10:45am and 2:45pm Discover 1815’s Battle of New Orleans at the place where it Cultural Center hours and days of operation on other side. happened. Time is approximate; talk takes place when Creole Queen excursion boat arrives. No talks Wednesday, December 25. Free. CB
Dulcimer Jam – Saturday, December 7 9:30-11:00am - ACC Join the Cajun Bayou Lafourche boat tour 10:00am-noon Cruise into history on a ranger-guided boat tour to the E.D. White Dulcimer Society and its core group, the Lagniappe Dulcimer Society from Baton Historic site. Reservations required; call 985-448-1375. Tickets $10.00; cash or check only (no credit cards). No Rouge, for dulcimer music. Join in with an acoustic instrument or just enjoy. Free. tour Wednesday, December 25. WACC
Winter Herbs & Vinegars – Saturday, December 14 11:00am-12:30pm – FQ Cajun French conversations 1:00-2:00pm Speak and learn basic conversational Cajun French and help keep Master Gardener Usha Ramadhyani explains how to prepare beds and containers French alive and well in Louisiana. Free. PACC and which herbs are best to plant in winter. After the talk, join a park ranger in the demonstration kitchen for a hands-on workshop making your own herbal vinegar.
Cercle Francophone 5:30-7:00pm Come pass a good time speaking French (Cajun or otherwise) and help Space is limited and reservations are required; to sign up, email preserve French in Louisiana. No Cercle on December 24 or December 31. Free. WACC [email protected] or call 504-589-3882 ext. 227.
Cooking demonstration 4:00-5:00pm Discover the secrets of local cuisine with a cooking (and tasting) 1815 Alive! – Saturday, December 14 11:00am-3:00pm – CB Return to the demonstration. Free. PACC War of 1812 era as the Baratarian cannon crew presents artillery demonstrations and Recognizing Our Roots youth living history corps members from Chalmette High Historic Thibodaux walking tour 2:00pm Join a ranger for a walk through downtown Thibodaux and hear stories School fire muskets and demonstrate outdoor cooking and period crafts. Free. of its past. Free. WACC
Yuletide at the Malus-Beauregard House – Saturday, December 21 11:00am- History talk 9:30am Rangers share local history and culture. No talk Wednesday, December 25. Free. FQ 3:30pm – CB Celebrate the holidays in 1800s style with period decor, music, food tastings, and living history reenactors. Inside the historic house, enjoy period Louisiana Talks & Tales 10:00am Explore local history and culture through a ranger program. No program decorations and Isleño culture; the Isleños were Spanish-speaking immigrants from Wednesday, December 25. Free. ACC Spain's Canary Islands off the coast of Africa who immigrated to Spanish Louisiana in the late 1700s. Traditional Isleño foods available for sampling courtesy of Los La Table Francaise 9:30-11:00am Come pass a good time speaking French (Cajun or otherwise) and help Isleños Museum and Cultural Center in St. Bernard. At 12:30, 1:30, and 2:30 p.m., preserve French in Louisiana. Free. PACC local musician John Rankin presents Isleño music. Outside the house, return to the winter of 1814-1815: Tennessee volunteer militia members share their stories as Monday Night Music 5:30-6:30pm Discover south Louisiana’s music: zydeco, gospel, blues, jazz, Cajun, and they prepare to defend New Orleans against the British invasion that would end with more. Free. WACC the Battle of New Orleans. Free.
Music and dancing 2:45-3:45pm Enjoy local bands and try a two-step on the center’s dance floor. Free. PACC Bulbancha: Decolonizing New Orleans – Saturday, December 21 1:00-2:00pm – FQ Alaina Comeaux retraces the footsteps of the many indigenous groups who Ranger talk 2:00-2:30pm From history to culture to music to food, learn more about life in Acadiana. Free. PACC lived in the land they called Bulbancha
long before Europeans arrived. Free. Join Jean Lafitte’s crew! Rendez-vous des Cajuns 6:00-7:30pm Tap your toes and kick up your heels at a live Cajun and zydeco music show. Free. PACC Follow the park on social media Wetlands walk 10:00am Explore wild Louisiana on a ranger-guided walk through swamp and marsh. Meet at the JeanLafitteNPS Bayou Coquille Trail parking lot (one mile north of the visitor center). No walk Wednesday, December 25. Free. BP @JeanLafitteNPS