Fort Jackson Gets Its Spot on _e Lafayette Trail with Marker Dedication

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  • Fort St. Philip, then known as Fort Plaquemine, now lies in ruins, overgrown grass and trees, and in a bad state of deterioration. Fort St. Philip is a historic masonry fort located on the eastbank of Plaquemines Parish, about 40 miles upriver from the mouth of the Mississippi River, just opposite of Fort Jackson on the other side of the river. Back in it’s glory days, it was one of Lafayette’s many stops on his tour of the United States in 1825 but his first for Louisiana.
    Fort St. Philip, then known as Fort Plaquemine, now lies in ruins, overgrown grass and trees, and in a bad state of deterioration. Fort St. Philip is a historic masonry fort located on the eastbank of Plaquemines Parish, about 40 miles upriver from the mouth of the Mississippi River, just opposite of Fort Jackson on the other side of the river. Back in it’s glory days, it was one of Lafayette’s many stops on his tour of the United States in 1825 but his first for Louisiana.

    Today, a special marker dedication will take place at Fort Jackson in Buras-Triumph to commemorate an honorable general’s visit that took place almost 200 years ago.

    The American Revolutionary War, also known as the American War of Independence, was a major war of the American Revolution. It was fought from April 19, 1775 to September 3, 1783. Marquis de La- fayette, the last surviving major genera…