[StBernard] Battle Of New Orleans Lantern Tour Tickets Go On Sale December 1 -- Celebrate The Season At Chalmette Battlefield's Malus-Beauregard House

[Westley Annis]

Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve

News Release

 

For Immediate Release November 22, 2010

Maggi Daly 504-382-0315

Kristy Wallisch 504-382-0296

 

Battle Of New Orleans Lantern Tour Tickets Go On Sale December 1

 

Experience the "night before the Battle of New Orleans" on a lantern-lit
tour through the American and British camps. On Saturday, January 8,
Chalmette Battlefield of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
will host the annual Lantern Tour as part of the 196th anniversary of the
Battle of New Orleans.

 

Tour tickets go on sale on Wednesday, December 1. Chalmette Battlefield, the
site of the Battle of New Orleans in 1815, is located at 8606 West St.
Bernard Highway in Chalmette. More information about the anniversary event
is available at 504-589-2636 ext. 1 or at www.nps.gov/jela.

 

The tour will allow participants to eavesdrop on generals discussing
tactics, soldiers swapping stories around campfires, and women wondering
what fate has in store for the city of New Orleans. The first tour starts at
5:45 p.m.; tours begin every ten minutes. The evening's last tour begins at
7:15 p.m. Tours last approximately 90 minutes which includes travel time
between the parking area and the battlefield.

 

Ticket numbers are limited. All tickets must be purchased by January 4; no
tickets will be sold at the door. Tickets are $5.00 per person; children
under 5 are free and do not need a ticket. Tickets are on sale:

.        at the Chalmette Battlefield Visitor Center, daily 9:00 a.m.-4:30
p.m. (the center is closed December 25). Cash or check only (make checks
payable to "Eastern National").

.        by mail. Include check for the proper amount made payable to
"Eastern National" and mail to Lantern Tour, Jean Lafitte NHP&P, 419 Decatur
St., New Orleans LA 70130. Include a daytime phone number and preferred tour
time. Mail orders should be mailed by December 26.

 

Lantern Tour parking will be at the St. Bernard Parish Government Complex,
8201 West Judge Perez Drive in Chalmette. Free shuttle buses will take
visitors from the complex to the battlefield. Restrooms and a Hospitality
and Welcome Center will be available at the government complex courtesy of
the St. Bernard Parish Tourism Commission.

 

Chalmette Battlefield is one of six areas of Jean Lafitte National
Historical Park and Preserve. The battlefield grounds and adjoining national
cemetery are open daily 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Admission to the site is free.
For more information, call 504-589-2636 ext. 1 or visit www.nps.gov/jela.

 

-NPS

 

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Celebrate The Season At Chalmette Battlefield's Malus-Beauregard House

 

Celebrate the holidays the 1800s way! The Malus-Beauregard House will host a
Yuletide Celebration Saturday and Sunday, December 11 and 12, from 10:00
a.m.-4:00 p.m. The house is located at Chalmette Battlefield, site of the
Battle of New Orleans in 1815 and one of six areas of Jean Lafitte National
Historical Park and Preserve, 8606 West St. Bernard Highway in Chalmette.
The event is free and open to the public. More information is available at
504-589-2636 ext. 1 or at www.nps.gov/jela.

 

Built in 1833, 18 years after the Battle of New Orleans, the
Malus-Beauregard house was occupied by a succession of different families.
For the Yuletide program, the house will be furnished and decorated as it
might have been by the families who lived there in the 1800s. Living history
experts in period clothing will portray family members, discussing their
plans for the holidays and telling stories about their lives. Visitors can
make old-fashioned decorations for the house Christmas tree and for their
own homes.

 

The battlefield and house are open 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. daily. The house and
public restrooms are accessible by a walkway from a visitor parking area at
Cannon Battery Four near the flagpole. Admission to the site is free. For
more information, call 504-589-2636 ext. 1 or visit www.nps.gov/jela.

 

-NPS