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Is the Chalmette Battlefield worth visiting if passing through New Orleans?
Posted on 5/10/18 at 6:29 am
Posted on 5/10/18 at 6:29 am
I'm a huge history and National Park Service person, but I can never tell if any landmark in the New Orleans area is worth visiting with the way people on this board talk about the place. 
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Posted on 5/10/18 at 6:36 am to GetCocky11
Without a doubt. It’s very close to Rocky’s. Knock out two places in one trip. Check Rocky’s hours before going.
Posted on 5/10/18 at 6:40 am to GetCocky11
Drive through the ninth ward if you want to see a current battlefield.
Posted on 5/10/18 at 6:41 am to 4LSU2
Or just a bunch of overgrown empty lots
Posted on 5/10/18 at 6:58 am to GetCocky11
Yes. It is worth it and free. You can drive thru it and step out to read the markers.
Posted on 5/10/18 at 7:04 am to 4LSU2
Damn I was too late on a 9th ward battlefield joke
Posted on 5/10/18 at 7:06 am to arseinclarse
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Without a doubt. It’s very close to Rocky’s. Knock out two places in one trip. Check Rocky’s hours before going
This for sure. Grab a daiquiri and this makes for a fine afternoon.
Posted on 5/10/18 at 7:12 am to GetCocky11
Also check out Fort Macomb and Fort Pike. I’m not sure if you can still tour Pike, but they are still cool to see.
Both were coastal defense fortifications built before the civil war to defend against ships trying to attack New Orleans by way of Lake Pontchartrain.
Hop on the Chef Menteur Hwy (US 90) and drive it from east NOLA into Mississippi (or vice versa)
Both were coastal defense fortifications built before the civil war to defend against ships trying to attack New Orleans by way of Lake Pontchartrain.
Hop on the Chef Menteur Hwy (US 90) and drive it from east NOLA into Mississippi (or vice versa)
Posted on 5/10/18 at 7:25 am to DustyDinkleman
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Also check out Fort Macomb and Fort Pike.
Both are closed to the public. Macomb is in terrible shape and the state closed down Pike because they poor.
But I've seen True Detective, so I know what Macomb looks like.
This post was edited on 5/10/18 at 7:26 am
Posted on 5/10/18 at 7:26 am to GetCocky11
I knew Macomb was closed. They only use it for movie sets nowadays. Pike was open years ago when I visited but the recent hurricanes screwed that up.
Posted on 5/10/18 at 7:38 am to GetCocky11
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Chalmette . . . worth visiting
Doesn't check out
Posted on 5/10/18 at 7:58 am to GetCocky11
yes.
Posted on 5/10/18 at 8:47 am to GetCocky11
Absolutely. Actually did my Eagle Project at the National Cemetery there ~2003. The park has been updated quite a bit since Katrina.
Posted on 5/10/18 at 8:56 am to GetCocky11
Yes you should. Make sure to visit the national cemetery as well. It makes for a quick visit and there is nothing like being at the exact spot your country turned away an invading army. 
Posted on 5/10/18 at 8:56 am to GetCocky11
yes
Posted on 5/10/18 at 10:11 am to GetCocky11
Yes, but would recommend going when it isn't too hot.
Posted on 5/10/18 at 10:21 am to DustyDinkleman
quote:don't forget Fort Proctor if you launch a boat from Shell Beach
knew Macomb was closed. They only use it for movie sets nowadays. Pike was open years ago when I visited but the recent hurricanes screwed that up.
Posted on 5/10/18 at 10:23 am to GetCocky11
I’ve said this here before, but in the 20’s my grandpa grew up right next to the battlefield. His family leased it for their dairy farm. They found all kinds of cool shite apparently.
Posted on 5/10/18 at 10:25 am to Pastalaya
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Make sure to visit the national cemetery as well
especially this close to memorial day.
Posted on 5/10/18 at 10:31 am to Pastalaya
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Yes you should. Make sure to visit the national cemetery as well. It makes for a quick visit and there is nothing like being at the exact spot your country turned away an invading army.
Yeah, but technically, the British were no longer invading and were headed home. Unfortunately for them, nobody shooting at each other knew that.
This post was edited on 5/10/18 at 10:35 am
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