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Subject: [Leica] Veterans Day - Holt Cemetery
From: jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Sat Nov 11 08:46:18 2006

Ninth Ward resident Jessie Hill (who sang "Ooh Poo Pah Doo") was buried
there in the 90's, but his headstone was a piece of old plywood with his
name crudely painted on it. The last time I was there, the headboard was
missing.

Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA
http://www.400tx.com
http://400tx.blogspot.com/



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[mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Christopher Williams
Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 10:28 AM
To: Leica Users Group; leica@freelists.org
Subject: [Leica] Veterans Day - Holt Cemetery


Holt Cemetery in New Orleans is the pauper cemetery. All you needed for
burial was to pay someone to dig the plot. Sadly, many veterans are buried
here from WWI to Vietnam with their tombstones now laying about, some
upright, crooked and some flat on the ground now. This area is near City
Park and has always been in disrepair, I'm sure Katrina did not help much
with the flooding. Originally rumored to be a slave cemetery, but no real
records were kept on this. Jeff and Sonny may know more than I do.

Non-Lika D2h.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/zoeica/Travels/Veterans/

Chris





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