Les Salon et Chanson

Please join us in discovering the lives and stories of Louisiana's brave Free Men of Color and Native Americans who fought with honor in the Revolutionary War and the Battle of New Orleans of the War of 1812 and helped propel the United States to victory! Revel in the marvelouse music of the 19th century Gens de Couleur Libres Créole Classical Composers.

Guest Speaker:

Mister Jari C. Honora, a Certified Genealogist® and Historian specializing in Louisiana’s legacy is a New Orleans native & resident and proud Louisiana Créole with roots dating back more than two centuries along Bayou Lafourche and the German-Acadian Coast  He has two decades of experience researching families, institutions, and history in south Louisiana and the Gulf Coast. Mister Honora is a graduate of Tulane University and works as a Reference Associate in the Williams Research Center of the Historic New Orleans Collection. He does historical and genealogical…