Podcast appearances and mentions of Jean Lafitte

Dans les années 1800 le pirate français Jean Lafitte prend la tête d'un repaire de flibustiers sur les îles de Barataria, aux portes de la Nouvelle Orléans. Il deviendra un héros américain. Mention légales : Vos données de connexion, dont votre adresse IP, sont traités par Radio Classique, responsable de traitement, sur la base de son intérêt légitime, par l'intermédiaire de son sous-traitant Ausha, à des fins de réalisation de statistiques agréées et de lutte contre la fraude. Ces données sont supprimées en temps réel pour la finalité statistique et sous cinq mois à compter de la collecte à des fins de lutte contre la fraude. Pour plus d'informations sur les traitements réalisés par Radio Classique et exercer vos droits, consultez notre Politique de confidentialité.Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Jane Long's journey to the Texas frontier is a testament to resilience and survival. In 1821, pregnant and alone at a remote fort on Bolivar Peninsula, she endured freezing conditions, hunted for food after childbirth, and even fired cannons to keep threats at bay. Her story weaves through Texas legend, from a rumored meeting with pirate Jean Lafitte to running a boarding house for revolutionaries. Though not the “Mother of Texas” by birthright, her legacy of determination and independence endures.Galveston Unscripted What is Galveston Unscripted?Follow Galveston Unscripted on Spotify or Apple Podcasts! More history content on Visit Galveston!

The Birthplace of Jazz, NOLA, The Big Easy - no matter how you know it, New Orleans is world renowned. While we visit today to toss beads and eat beignets, these streets - and swamps - were once home to one of the most mysterious pirates in history, Jean Lafitte. His smuggling operations throughout the South earned him quite the reputation in life, but the legends of his buried treasure solidified his story for generations after his death. To support the community of New Orleans in the wake of the New Year's Day Tragedy, please visit United for New Orleans Relief Fund For the latest NPAD updates, group travel details, merch and more, follow us on npadpodcast.com and our socials at: Instagram: @nationalparkafterdark Twitter/X: @npadpodcast TikTok: @nationalparkafterdark Support the show by becoming an Outsider and receive ad free listening, bonus content and more on Patreon or Apple Podcasts. Want to see our faces? Catch full episodes on our YouTube Page! Thank you to the week's partners! Quince: Use our link to get free shipping and 365-day returns. Ollie: Use NPAD to get 60% off your first box of meals when you subscribe today. Boll and Branch: Use our link to get 15% off, plus free shipping on your first set of sheets Lume Deodorant: Control Body Odor ANYWHERE with @lumedeodorant and get 15% off with promo code NPAD at LumeDeodorant.com! #lumepod For a full list of our sources, visit npadpodcast.com/episodes

Pirate Jean LaFitte wasn't all bad., he helped the U.S. in the Battle of 1812.

In this episode, we dive into the murky waters of Louisiana's Barataria Bay, home to one of the most enduring legends of the Gulf Coast: the story of Jean Lafitte and his ghostly pirates. Jean Lafitte, the notorious French pirate-turned-folk-hero, built an empire of outlaws deep in the bayous, where he and his crew amassed unimaginable wealth by plundering Spanish ships. But Lafitte's cunning went beyond piracy—he was a master of secrecy, and his treasure remains hidden in the Louisiana swamps to this day. YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/@hauntedchris TikTok- @chris_hah LEAVE A VOICEMAIL - 609-891-8658 The Nightmare Collective SUBSCRIBE!! Available on all podcast platforms! Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nightmare-collective/id1707943952 Spotify https://spotify.link/IPUVpAyWcDb Zoning Out- https://open.spotify.com/show/3ZLb8oK5uxgK64GL7vUHwK Draft Class- https://open.spotify.com/show/3BEobZXMT1kiPbffV0VT3F Twitter- @Haunted_A_H Instagram- haunted_american_history email- hauntedamericanhistory@gmail.com Patreon- https://www.patreon.com/hauntedamericanhistory Music Nightmare Machine by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4133-nightmare-machine License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Music: Drone in D by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3680-drone-in-d Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Episode 18 of our Haunted America series, host Lyle Perez brings listeners deep into the haunted history of Louisiana. From the eerie swamps to the ghostly streets of New Orleans, the Bayou State is filled with dark legends and spectral encounters. Join us as we explore haunted plantations, mysterious mansions, and the lingering spirits of voodoo priestesses in this spine-tingling journey through Louisiana's most haunted places. Featured Haunted Locations: The Myrtles Plantation Address: 7747 US-61, St. Francisville, LA 70775 This historic plantation is notorious for its ghostly history, including the spirit of Chloe, an enslaved woman who poisoned the owner's family, as well as a host of other spirits, from ghostly children to former owners. LaLaurie Mansion Address: 1140 Royal St, New Orleans, LA 70116 The LaLaurie Mansion is infamous for the horrific acts of Madame Delphine LaLaurie, whose cruel treatment of enslaved people resulted in one of the city's most notorious hauntings. Ghostly cries and shadowy figures haunt the mansion to this day. St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 Address: 425 Basin St, New Orleans, LA 70112 The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, home to the grave of Marie Laveau, the Voodoo Queen, whose spirit still roams the grounds. Visitors report ghostly figures and eerie whispers among the above-ground tombs. The Old Absinthe House Address: 240 Bourbon St, New Orleans, LA 70112 A favorite haunt of pirate Jean Lafitte, this historic bar is known for ghostly patrons and moving objects, with patrons often encountering eerie happenings late at night. Manchac Swamp Address: Manchac Swamp, LA (Boat tours available from various operators) Known as the "Haunted Swamp," this eerie area is said to be haunted by the ghost of Julia Brown, a voodoo priestess, whose curse allegedly caused a devastating hurricane in 1915. Strange voices and ghostly figures are often seen in the misty waters. Gardette-LePretre Mansion Address: 716 Dauphine St, New Orleans, LA 70116 Also known as the Sultan's Palace, this mansion is haunted by the ghost of a mysterious sultan who was brutally murdered along with his entourage. Ghostly music and shadowy figures are still seen within its walls. Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop Bar Address: 941 Bourbon St, New Orleans, LA 70116 One of the oldest buildings in the French Quarter, believed to have been used by pirate Jean Lafitte for smuggling operations. Patrons report seeing his ghost in the dimly lit bar, and strange occurrences abound. The Andrew Jackson Hotel Address: 919 Royal St, New Orleans, LA 70116 Built on the site of a former boarding school that burned down, killing five children, this hotel is haunted by their playful spirits. Guests report hearing their laughter and feeling their playful pranks. The Bourbon Orleans Hotel Address: 717 Orleans St, New Orleans, LA 70116 This luxurious hotel was once a convent and orphanage, and the spirits of nuns and children still linger. Guests have seen a ghostly dancer in the ballroom and heard the laughter of children in the halls. The Myrtles Plantation A final revisit to this famously haunted plantation, which continues to captivate with its numerous spirits, from Confederate soldiers to shadowy figures in the mirrors. Like Our Facebook page for more Halloween fun: www.Facebook.com/TheHalloweenPodcast ORDER PODCAST MERCH! Website: www.TheHalloweenPodcast.com Email: TheHalloweenPodcast@gmail.com X: @TheHalloweenPod Support the Show: www.patreon.com/TheHalloweenPod Get bonus Halloween content and more! Just for Patreon supporters! Check out my other show! Find it on iTunes - Amazing Advertising http://amazingadvertising.podomatic.com/ Keywords: Haunted Louisiana, Louisiana Ghost Stories, Myrtles Plantation, LaLaurie Mansion, Voodoo Queen, Marie Laveau, Haunted New Orleans, St. Louis Cemetery, Old Absinthe House, Manchac Swamp, Gardette-LePretre Mansion, Bourbon Orleans Hotel, Haunted America Series Tags: #HauntedAmerica #GhostStories #LouisianaHaunts #HauntedLocations #MyrtlesPlantation #LaLaurieMansion #VoodooQueen #HauntedNewOrleans #StaySpooky

This week The Sassenach Files is hosting the latest episode of Droughtlander Book Club, the first in a two part series covering The Topaz Brooch by Katherine Lowry Logan. This is the abridged version of the live event hosted in TSF Obsassenachs on September 7, 2024. Come along as we break down what makes our newest set of main characters (Rick O'Grady and Billie Malone) tick. During this deep dive, we also chatted about a couple of prevalent themes from the novel, the history surrounding the War of 1812, and Chelsea's favorite secondary character of the series, Jean Lafitte!

When burglars break into Hope Mausoleum and violate Crypt 1083-A, where the remains of the former Girod Street Cemetery are housed, New Orleans property crimes detective Thibodeaux “Bo” Duplessis is confronted with three confounding questions: Who are the burglars? Why did they break into the crypt? What, if anything, did they take?In need of expertise he does not possess, Bo turns to his childhood friend Bruneau Abellard, a cranky, overweight antiques dealer with exacting epicurean standards and a font of historical knowledge. Affecting annoyance, though privately intrigued, Bruneau agrees to assist with Bo's case. Together, the friends uncover a secret love affair between a famous antebellum actress, whose remains are contained in the crypt, and the notorious pirate Jean Lafitte. As their investigation deepens, they find themselves confronting two separate yet entwined mysteries, two hundred years apart. To solve the present-day crime, they come to realize they must first unravel a conundrum from the distant, murky past.Set against the singular backdrop of contemporary New Orleans, with glimpses of the city during its “Belle Epoque” of the 1820s, The Lafitte Affair is populated with characters as eccentric as the city itself: a grand dame of the Garden District; a competitive female puzzler; a slippery con man; a giant hermit with a shrouded past; a pugnacious French bulldog; and a phantom thief who seems always two steps ahead of his pursuers. Looming over them all is the ghostly presence of the pirate Lafitte, a larger-than-life figure of seemingly endless contradictions.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/houseofmysteryradio. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/houseofmysteryradio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we dive into the natural history of Cuban treefrogs (Osteopilus septentrionalis), how they compare to our native green treefrog (Hyla cinerea) and how they recently became established in Louisiana. Dr. Bob has been on the pulse of this frog invasion and identified some of the first visitors to Louisiana in the 1980s! Naturally, we compare the cuban treefrog to other invasive species in the area, such as the brown anole (Anolis sagrei), the greenhouse frog (Eleutherodactylus planirostris) and nutria rat (Myocastor coypus). We get into the condumrum of invasive species… how do we deal with them? Also, make sure to check out our episode from last season, Spring Frogs in Jean Lafitte to learn more about frogs in the South. If you enjoyed this episode please leave us a review!!! Follow @SoNatPodcast on Facebook and Instagram! Visit our website at https://lucec.loyno.edu/so-nat-podcast Do you have any more questions about nature? Message us on social media or email us at sonatpodcast@gmail.com and we will answer you! Hosts: Dr. Robert Thomas and Dr. Aimée Thomas Produced by Emma Reid   Intro Music composition by Hunter Wainwright

Send us a Text Message.This week, we dive into the hot and sticky bayous of Louisiana! First, Kenzie shares the story of the corrupt business dealings of brothers Jean and Pierre Lafitte and the famous building where they are said to have operated. Now called Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop Bar, it is believed to be a hotspot for spiritual activity due to its long history that predates the Revolutionary War. We also explore Le Feu Follet, or the "Will-o'-the-Wisp," the mysterious, ghostly lights that appear in the swamps and bayous of Louisiana, attributed to spirits or supernatural phenomena. The spirits of Louisiana are a force to be reckoned with!--Follow us on Social Media and find out how to support A Scary State by clicking on our Link Tree: https://instabio.cc/4050223uxWQAl--Have a scary tale or listener story of your own? Send us an email to ascarystatepodcast@gmail.com! We can't wait to read it!--Thinking of starting a podcast? Thinking about using Buzzsprout for that? Well use our link to let Buzzsprout know we sent you and get a $20 Amazon gift card if you sign up for a paid plan!https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1722892--Works cited!https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yta4QOa3v1nS3V-vOcYPNx3xSgv_GckdFcZj6FBt8zg/edit?usp=sharing --Intro and outro music thanks to Kevin MacLeod. You can visit his site here: http://incompetech.com/. Which is where we found our music!

I have ALWAYS loved to watch those ghost shows on the television . Man oh Man. Talk about something that fascinates me. It's the unknown. The mysteriousness. The fright! Yall know from time to time, Papa goes after some of these investigators. I want to learn! After all, what is the the harm of a little haunted fun? Well, that being said, I found the MOST POPULAR ghost hunter in New Orleans. With almost 150,000 followers on Instagram, John Gualtieri is easily the bravest man in the room. Remember that eerie Christmas tree that was high up in the abandoned Charity Hospital? That's HIM! No, it wasn't Casper trying to get festive. It was John doing what he does. He explores the COOLEST and scariest abandoned places all around New Orleans and Louisiana. My hope is he allows us to tag along one day and record a show LIVE. Here's hoping! Yall have got to check out his stuff on Instagram. Follow him at@new_orleans_ghost_hunter  and you will see what I am saying!Then later I sat down with a new documentary film maker that  just released his first of many documentaries about the eerie legends of Louisiana. Chris Mathieu's doc is called "The Forbidden Documentary: Occult Louisiana" and it explores everything from haunted history to Pirates Alley with Jean Lafitte. Yall know HE REALLY walked those streets in the Quarter.  Chris even explored the swamps of the Bayou in search of the real life Rougaroux. And THAT PARTICULAR story is absolutely WILD. It is over an hour of real life stories that have left so many, including me is left scratching their head. You can watch his new Documentary on Apple or Tubi: Thank you to our family of amazing sponsors! Ochsner Hospital for ChildrenWww.ochsner.orgRouses MarkersWww.rousesmarkets.comSandpiper VacationsWww..sandpipervacations.comZak George's Dog Revolution! Pinxav Diaper Rash CreamWww.pinxav.comComfort Cases Www.comfortcases.orgNew Orleans Ice Cream CompanyWww.neworleansicecream.comReal Estate with Steph & Berkshire Hathaway www.realestatewithsteph.comAudubon Institute www.auduboninstitute.orgThe Gift of Adoption FundGiftofAdoption.org

Today's Short Suck is all about the life of Hugh Glass - the man whose insane story of surviving a Grizzly Bear attack inspired the 2015 Leonardo DiCaprio film, The Revenant.  Hope you enjoy! And have a great weekend! Watch the Suck on YouTube: https://youtu.be/1nnLCum2UsUFor Merch and everything else Bad Magic related, head to: https://www.badmagicproductions.com

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1077, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: French Off The Boat 1: In 1920 a ship brought this 10-year-old future ocean explorer and family from France to NYC for a 2-year stay. Jacques Cousteau. 2: By 1809 this man and his brother Pierre had arrived in New Orleans and set up a blacksmith shop; piracy paid better, so.... (Jean) Lafitte. 3: A few years after sailing here on the American Eagle, Irenee Du Pont opened a gunpowder mill in this state. Delaware. 4: This future city planner was only 22 when he arrived on the Amphitrite to serve as an engineer in the revolution. L'Enfant. 5: The wreck of Capt. Ribaut's flagship Trinité is still off Florida, a relic of France's first New World outpost at this fort. Fort Caroline. Round 2. Category: Shakespeare Rewrites The Beatles 1: "I believe I shall be melancholy, I believe it shall be anon... the woman who disturbeth my temper is leaving hence". "Ticket To Ride". 2: "The lady is enamored of thee, verily, verily, verily". "She Loves You". 3: "Wilt thou still require me, wilt thou still provide sustenance unto me, roughly midway through my 7th decade?". "When I'm Sixty-Four". 4: "Aid me if thou canst, I feel sorrow... and my gratitude is large for thy presence here". "Help!". 5: "Dear gentleman or lady, wouldst thou peruse my volume? It hath taken me long to pen, wouldst thou peer at it?". "Paperback Writer". Round 3. Category: Human Body Of Knowledge 1: This tendon enables muscles at the back of the lower leg to lift the heel when walking or running. Achilles tendon. 2: Also called the master gland, it's the most important of the endocrine glands. pituitary gland. 3: If you've "mapped" out the body, you know it's the topmost cervical vertebra of the neck. atlas vertebra. 4: The metatarsal bones are in the foot; these 5 bones lie between the wrist and the fingers. metacarpals. 5: The lowest part of the brain stem, it sits above the spinal cord. medulla oblongata. Round 4. Category: 20Th Century Monarchs 1: After his cousin, Empress Zauditu, died in 1930, he became emperor of Ethiopia. Haile Selassie. 2: This king of Jordan was only 21 when he divorced his first wife, Queen Dina, in 1957. King Hussein. 3: Queen Ena of Spain, the last surviving granddaughter of this queen of England, died in 1969. Queen Victoria. 4: Olaf V, this country's king from 1957-1991, married his first cousin, Princess Martha, in 1929. Norway. 5: This country's current king was born Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus, at the Haga Palace in 1946. Sweden. Round 5. Category: Sci. 1: In a chemical process, monomers, small molecules, link in chains to form these large molecules. Polymers. 2: This object in a spectrometer spreads a beam of light into separate colors. Prism. 3: The part of a tree from which quinine and aspirin's salicyclic acid are extracted. Bark. 4: Crowbars, nutcrackers and ice tongs are different types of this simple machine. Lever. 5: This order of mammals is divided into prosimians and anthropoids. Primates. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/ AI Voices used

Dans les années 1800 le pirate français Jean Lafitte prend la tête d'un repaire de flibustiers sur les îles de Barataria, aux portes de la Nouvelle Orléans. Il deviendra un héros américain. Mention légales : Vos données de connexion, dont votre adresse IP, sont traités par Radio Classique, responsable de traitement, sur la base de son intérêt légitime, par l'intermédiaire de son sous-traitant Ausha, à des fins de réalisation de statistiques agréées et de lutte contre la fraude. Ces données sont supprimées en temps réel pour la finalité statistique et sous cinq mois à compter de la collecte à des fins de lutte contre la fraude. Pour plus d'informations sur les traitements réalisés par Radio Classique et exercer vos droits, consultez notre Politique de confidentialité.

Jean Laffite was a privateer and smuggler who is best known for taking a little break from pillaging, to fight for the United States in defence of New Orleans in the War of 1812. But Jean was a pirate at heart. Right after this he went back to his pirating ways, and he made quite a bit of money. Local lore tells that Jean did not put his treasure in a bank, or spend it all before he died. It is believed that Jean buried a large treasure trove somewhere in the Bayous of Louisiana, or along the United States Gulf Coast. So get ready my spooky friends…you are about to hear the story of Jean Laffite and his buried treasure.We got merch! Shop now: HorrifyingHist1.redbubble.comJoin our fan club at: https://www.patreon.com/horrifyinghistory Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/horrifyinghistory IInstagram & Threads: https://instagram.com/horrifying_historyTwitter: https://twitter.com/horrifyinghist1 Horrifying History is part of the Darkcast Network. Check out their other amazing podcasts at https://www.darkcastnetwork.comThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4180070/advertisement

 It's time to go to Zoey's favorite city: New Orleans, Louisiana! We're visiting Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop in the French Quarter. While the shop did originate as a Blacksmith Shop and keeps the name, the shop is better known for the drinks that they can make you. That's right, here's another Haunted Boozy Place! The Blacksmith Shop wasn't just any store in it's heyday, however. It was owned by Jean Lafitte, famous pirate and privateer. He was known to smuggle his stolen goods and sell them at the blacksmith shop. Jean himself is one of the ghosts who may haunt the place, along with an unnamed woman and a demon with red eyes.But first, Robin brings us a Something Southern and Spooky, where she talks about Doll's Head Trail in Atlanta, GA!Sources: https://hauntedhospitality.wordpress.com/2023/12/12/ep-140-haunted-boozy-places-part-4-lafittes-blacksmith-shop/Visit us on Social Media! Stay Spooky!

550. Part 1 of our conversation with Shane K. Barnard about his research into Tabasco Sauce and Bayou Teche. Holding a Ph.D. in history, Bernard has served as historian and curator to McIlhenny Company for over twenty-five years. He is the author of Tabasco: An Illustrated History and several books about Cajun and Creole history. "Teche: A History of Louisiana's Most Famous Bayou. Recipient of a 2017 Book of the Year Award presented by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. Shane K. Bernard's Teche examines this legendary waterway of the American Deep South. Bernard delves into the bayou's geologic formation as a vestige of the Mississippi and Red Rivers, its prehistoric Native American occupation, and its colonial settlement by French, Spanish, and, eventually, Anglo-American pioneers. He surveys the coming of indigo, cotton, and sugar; steam-powered sugar mills and riverboats; and the brutal institution of slavery. He also examines the impact of the Civil War on the Teche, depicting the running battles up and down the bayou and the sporadic gunboat duels, when ironclads clashed in the narrow confines of the dark, sluggish river" (Google Books). This week in Louisiana history. November 24, 1813. W.C.C. Claiborne offers $500 reward for Jean Lafitte's capture. This week in New Orleans history. Lee Dorsey Passes Away, December 2, 1986. Born in New Orleans on December 24, 1924,  singer Irving Lee Dorsey was a childhood friend of Fats Domino. His biggest hits were "Ya Ya" (1961) and "Working in the Coal Mine" (1966). Much of his work was produced by Allen Toussaint with instrumental backing provided by the Meters. Dorsey died in New Orleans on December 2, 1986. This week in Louisiana. Victorian Christmas Joseph Jefferson Home & Rip Van Winkle Gardens 5505 Rip Van Winkle Rd. New Iberia LA 70560 Tours of the Joseph Jefferson Home and Rip Van Winkle Gardens decorated for the Holiday Season. November 28, 2022 — December 31, 2023 Website Phone: (337) 359-8525 Email: ripsrookery@yahoo.com Postcards from Louisiana. Sam Bee and Bailey Barrows write a Thanksgiving poem on Frenchmen St. Listen on Google Play. Listen on Spotify. Listen on TuneIn. The Louisiana Anthology Home Page. Like us on Facebook. 

In this episode, we unravel the intriguing stories of Louis Michel Aury and the illustrious Lafitte brothers, who shaped Galveston Island's identity as a haven for pirates, privateers, and revolutionaries in the early 19th century. Aury's privateering government, combined with piracy and slave trading, led to a diverse and tumultuous island community. The arrival of Jean and Pierre Lafitte added further drama, as they established a thriving pirate colony. Explore the blurred lines between piracy, slave trading, privateering, and revolution in this captivating exploration of Galveston's complex maritime history.Galveston Unscripted What is Galveston Unscripted?Follow Galveston Unscripted on Spotify or Apple Podcasts! More history content on Visit Galveston!

In this episode, we unravel the intriguing stories of Louis Michel Aury and the illustrious Lafitte brothers, who shaped Galveston Island's identity as a haven for pirates, privateers, and revolutionaries in the early 19th century. Aury's privateering government, combined with piracy and slave trading, led to a diverse and tumultuous island community. The arrival of Jean and Pierre Lafitte added further drama, as they established a thriving pirate colony. Explore the blurred lines between piracy, slave trading, privateering, and revolution in this captivating exploration of Galveston's complex maritime history.See below for historical resources!https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1231&context=ethjhttps://www.galvestonmonthly.com/history/aury.htmlhttps://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/aury-louis-michel Support the showGalveston Unscripted Digital Market

Meet Bloody Mary. Mambo Queen and paranormal investigator are but two of her titles. She's an author, the proprietor of the Haunted Museum and Paranormal Center of New Orleans, medium, tour leader, and has been featured on hundred of television shows. We explore some of the rich tapestry of NOLA paranormal ranging from spirits and cryptids, to ghostly spirits straight out of history like Marie Laveau & Capt. Jean LaFitte. New Orleans really is different and Bloody Mary's ancestors have been there since the 18th Century.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4863095/advertisement

Tommy talks with Tim Kerner, the Mayor of Jean Lafitte

Tommy talks with Dane Ciolino, Professor of Law at Loyola

National chop suey day. Entertainment from 1989. Ishi meets civilization, The Fugitive finale, Soviet Union detonates nuclear bomb. Todays birthdays - Jean Lafitte, Ingrid Bergman, Isabel Sanford, Richard Attenborough, Elliott Gould, Michael Jackson, Rebecca De Mornay. Ed Asner died.Intro - Pour some sugar on me - Def Leppard http://defleppard.com/Chop Suey movie sound trackRight here waiting - Richard MarxI'm still crazy - Vern GosdinBirthdays - In da club - 50 Cent http://50cent.com/The Jeffersons TV theme songABC - Jackson 5Exit - It's not love - Dokken http://dokken.net/https://www.coolcasts.cooolmedia.com/show/history-factoids-about-today/

He's still regarded as an important figure in New Orleans and American history.  And although almost two centuries have passed, this shadowy figure still intrigues...

The crazy story of Jean Lafitte, the pirate who helped the United States win the Battle of New Orleans in 1815. The post A007: The Buccaneer (1958) appeared first on .

After helping General Andrew Jackson defend New Orleans in ther final and deciding battle in the War of 1812, he moved to Galveston. He wouldn't stop his piratye ways though, and he was forced to leave.

Shanda discusses pirate and successful smuggler Jean Lafitte and how he helped General Andrew Jackson win the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812 in exchange for a pardon for him and his brother Pierre Lafitte. Ashley recounts the history of the expensive and exclusive Metairie Cemetery which was developed in 1872 by Charles T. Howard after he was snubbed by society, along with the tragic tale of Josie Arlington, a wealthy madam who was also snubbed, whose tomb is located in Metairie Cemetery but is occupied by another family. You can find us at: Facebook Instagram You can find Shanda at: Facebook Instagram You can find Ashley at: Crimson Moon Farm YouTube Crimson Moon Farm Facebook Crimson Moon Farm TikTok --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passingnotes/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/passingnotes/support

Shanda discusses pirate and successful smuggler Jean Lafitte and how he helped General Andrew Jackson win the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812 in exchange for a pardon for him and his brother Pierre Lafitte. Ashley recounts the history of the expensive and exclusive Metairie Cemetery which was developed in 1872 by Charles T. Howard after he was snubbed by society, along with the tragic tale of Josie Arlington, a wealthy madam who was also snubbed, whose tomb is located in Metairie Cemetery but is occupied by another family. You can find us at: Facebook Instagram You can find Shanda at: Facebook Instagram You can find Ashley at: Crimson Moon Farm YouTube Crimson Moon Farm Facebook Crimson Moon Farm TikTok --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passingnotes/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/passingnotes/support

Meet Distrusta, a suspicious little Goop who doesn't trust many people. Distrusta's journey through the bayou in Louisiana will help youngsters understand the importance of trusting their own intuition. Visit gooptales.com/episode117 to listen!  Like this episode? Subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcast and Spotify. You can also find us on Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, or at GoopTales.com Tag us @GoopTales on Instagram, Facebook or TikTok.

497. We interview Ashley Oliphant and Beth Yarbrough about the book they wrote, Jean Laffite Revealed: Unraveling One of America's Longest-Running Mysteries. The book "takes a fresh look at the various myths and legends surrounding one of the last great pirates. Beginning in 1805, the book traces Laffite through his rise to power as a privateer and smuggler in the Gulf, his involvement in the Battle of New Orleans, his flight to Texas, and his eventual disappearance in the waters of the Caribbean. With stunning revelations, this book picks up the trail from there—a trail that no one knew existed until now. This carefully researched work is a bona fide wild ride that will silence long-held speculation about Laffite's ultimate fate" (ULL Press).This week in Louisiana history. November 27 1813 Jean Lafitte offers $1,500 reward for the capture of Gov. W.C.C. Clairborne. This week in New Orleans history. To raise the money to re-publish a new, updated edition of My Awakening, David Duke instigated a 21-day fundraising drive on November 26, 2007 where he had to raise "$25,344 by a December 17 deadline for the printers." Duke stated that this drive was necessary because the work "has become the most important book in the entire world in the effort to awaken our people for our heritage and freedom." This week in Louisiana. Victorian Christmas at the Joseph Jefferson Home & Rip Van Winkle Gardens 5505 Rip Van Winkle Rd. New Iberia LA 70560 November 28, 2022 - December 31, 2022 9:00am - 4:00pm Tours of the Joseph Jefferson Home and Rip Van Winkle Gardens decorated for the Holiday Season. View Website Phone: 337-359-8525 Email: ripsrookery@yahoo.com Postcards from Louisiana. NOLA Chorus Girls & Dr. Queen G. Listen on Google Play.Listen on Google Podcasts.Listen on Spotify.Listen on Stitcher.Listen on TuneIn.The Louisiana Anthology Home Page.Like us on Facebook.      

In this joint Beyond the Big Screen and Key Battles of American History episode, Steve and James discuss the 1958 movie The Buccaneer, a highly fictionalized telling of the role of the pirate Jean Lafitte and his men in the Battle of New Orleans. The film stars Yul Brynner as Lafitte and Charlton Heston as Andrew Jackson. As always, Steve and James do much more than just talk about the movie; they also do a fairly deep dive into the real story behind the film's events.

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On this episode of the Jefferson Parish Pulse powered by JEDCO, we feature an interview with Marguerite Oestreicher, Executive Director of the New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity. Margurite and her team are driving new and impactful projects across Jefferson Parish. Habitat for Humanity, with support from its many partners, volunteers and donors, is helping to improve housing stock in the area and creating opportunities to make dreams of safe, affordable home ownership possible for more of our residents.Marguerite and talked about several major Habitat for Humanity projects happening in Jefferson Parish right now as well as the urgency surrounding the rebuild in Jean Lafitte, the power of partnerships, and how housing and economic development are directly tied together. CLICK HERE more information about New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity. CLICK HERE to learn more about JEDCO. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we're bringing you a French, and maybe Jewish, pirate who got into all sorts of shenanigans down in the Gulf of Mexico. Jean Lafitte was crazy successful at what he did, and all without being nearly as brutal as other successful pirates. In fact, he was actually a pretty good dude, with a patriotic side that led to him taking a break from piracy to play a significant role in a pretty huge moment in American history. Enjoy!

Scoot reflects on the many positives that came  from the devastating damage done a year ago from Hurricane Ida, as well as remembers the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina 17 years ago. WWL's Thanh Truong gives details on one of the hardest hit towns from Ida. Plus, Tanigpahoa Parish President Robby Miller provides an update on his parish a year removed from the storm. 

WWL Multimedia Journalist Thanh Truong visited with the Jean Lafitte community, that was hit hard by Hurricane Ida one year ago and Hurricane Katrina, 17 years ago. Truong provides insight into  how the lone grocery store there is where residents get massive support from their neighbor after experience massive loss. 

Jean LaFitte was a French pirate who spent most of his active years in the Gulf. first attacking slave ships and then reselling the captured slaves, and later attacking merchant vessels and Spanish ships laden with treasure bound for Spain. He was known to have accumulated a pile of treasure, little of which has ever been found. Rumors and legends as to the whereabouts of his hidden treasure abound along the coats of Texas and Louisiana, and we try to cover all that is currently known here plus give LaFitte's history. 1001 Radio Days right here at Google Podcasts FREE: https://podcasts.google.com/search/1001%20radio%20days 1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales at Google Podcasts https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vQURMNzU3MzM0Mjg0NQ== 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries at Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/search/1001%20heroes 1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories (& Tales from Arthur Conan Doyle) https://podcasts.google.com/search/1001%20sherlock%20holmes 1001 Ghost Stories & Tales of the Macabre on Spotify: https://podcasts.google.com/search/1001%20ghost%20stories 1001 Stories for the Road on Google Podcasts https://podcasts.google.com/search/1001%20stories%20for%20the%20road Enjoy 1001 Greatest Love Stories on Google Podcasts https://podcasts.google.com/search/1001%20greatest%20love%20stories 1001 History's Best Storytellers: (author interviews) on Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/show/1001-historys-best-storytellers APPLE USERS Catch 1001 Heroes on any Apple Device here (Free): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-heroes-legends-histories-mysteries-podcast/id956154836?mt=2  Catch 1001 CLASSIC SHORT STORIES at Apple Podcast App Now: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-classic-short-stories-tales/id1078098622 Catch 1001 Stories for the Road at Apple Podcast now:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-stories-for-the-road/id1227478901 NEW Enjoy 1001 Greatest Love Stories on Apple Devices here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-greatest-love-stories/id1485751552 Catch 1001 RADIO DAYS now at Apple iTunes!  https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-radio-days/id1405045413?mt=2 NEW 1001 Ghost Stories & Tales of the Macabre is now playing at Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-ghost-stories-tales-of-the-macabre/id1516332327 NEW Enjoy 1001 History's Best Storytellers (Interviews) on Apple Devices here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-historys-best-storytellers/id1483649026 NEW Enjoy 1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories and The Best of Arthur Conan Doyle https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-sherlock-holmes-stories-best-sir-arthur-conan/id1534427618 Get all of our shows at one website: https://.1001storiespodcast.com REVIEWS NEEDED . My email works as well for comments: 1001storiespodcast@gmail.com SUPPORT OUR SHOW BY BECOMING A PATRON! https://.patreon.com/1001storiesnetwork. Its time I started asking for support! Thank you. Its a few dollars a month OR a one time. (Any amount is appreciated). YOUR REVIEWS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS AT APPLE/ITUNES AND ALL ANDROID HOSTS ARE NEEDED AND APPRECIATED! LINKS BELOW... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Kate Chopin - The Awakening - Episode 2 - Edna Pontellier Defies All Explanations!   HI, I'm Christy Shriver and we're here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.    And I'm Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.  This is our second episode in our four part series discussing the world of Kate Chopin.  Last week we introduced our author and what is generally considered her masterpiece, the novella, The Awakening.  Today we will continue discussing this book as we meet Edna and mosey around the Creole world of Victorian Louisiana on the vacation island of Grand Isle.      This book is like Camus' The Stranger in that it is incredibly complicated but deceptively simple looking.  It has been misunderstood since the minute it was published, and it's still misunderstood.  Critics have claimed it's a champion of the women's movement; a challenge to the patriarchy, an expose on depression, a discussion of narcissism, an exploration of female sexuality- and certainly it can be looked at through each of these lens without any difficulty at all and there are things to say there.  And yet, Chopin cryptically told one critic in response to her book nothing along any ideological lines.  This is how she chose to frame her book, and I never and I quote, “dreamed of Edna making such a mess of things and working out her own damnation as she did.”    What does that even mean?     Exactly, it's a consciously and deliberately messy book.  It is NOT best read as an ideological book of any kind- no matter if your prejudices lie for or against her apparent causes.  It certainly makes it easier to read if you're looking to make it a political statement, and when I was first introduced to it, that's how I was taught to read it, but I have since decided to reject easy interpretations of great literature in general primarily because that makes something great immediately uninteresting.  And this book is definitely NOT uninteresting.    So, if we're not to read it about being about politics, the patriarchy, oppression or that sort of thing, how should we understand it?    Isn't that the million dollar question?  What is so compelling about Edna Pontellier- and she has been compelling even maddening for the last 120 years.    I don't find her necessarily a likeable person, are we supposed to?  At first I wondered if it was designed so that men are supposed to not like her or maybe not like themselves by looking at what's happened to her, but do women generally find her likeable?  I also don't see how to avoid seeing gender as an important component of this book.    Oh I agree, you can't help but see gender and you're definitely supposed to.  It's about a woman- it's about being a woman- but is there anything more complicated than a woman?    That's a loaded question!!  Do you honestly think you can bait me into answer that?   Ha!  Wise man!  In all serious, it's about being human, but from a women's perspective- and that can't be reduced to any single set of definable variables.  That's what's messy about it.  It's about a woman in the Victorian era at the turn of the century- the particulars of the challenges women faced that that particular political moment in US history- the woman question, as they referred to it in those days, but that's just our starting point- the setting, so to speak- there are more interesting parts of Edna and her awakening than just resolving the contextual economic, sexual or matrimonial roles in society.  Beyond that, let's just look at the term “the awakening”.  It's kind of  a strange  term to use in a book where the protagonist spends an unusually large amoung of her time asleep.  I'm not sure I've seen a protagonist sleep as much as Edna in any book, except maybe Sleeping Beauty or Rip Van Wrinkle.    And yet, the title begs a question.  What is an awakening, or at least what is '”The Awakening”? as Edna is to experience it.  The first part of the book which we are going to talk about today- chapters 1-16 IS her awakening.  For her, it's kind of a gradual experience that happens to her over a summer.  Chopin first defines it in chapter 6, it's described as coming into one's own humanity – to recognize one's relations as an individual to the world within and about.    You know that's a great definition of what it means to grow up really- to find one's agency in the world.      Chopin insightfully connects someone's internal awakening with their sexual awakening.  This awareness of how you are a sexual being and as such interact with other beings as sexual beings- both of the same sex as well as the opposite sex.  Chopin illustrates this many ways and, and I would go far as to say seems to use sexual agency as an expression of agency of a general kind.     Yes, and what does that mean?  How should we define agency, as in human agency?  What do you mean when you use that term?  I know I asked a question that could be a long answer, but in just a few words.        Agency, in general, refers to our capability as humans to influence our own functioning.  It is our ability to direct the course of events through our own actions.  Said another way, it's our ability to determine and make meaning through purposeful and reflective creative action.      A psychologist by the name of Albert Bandura out of Stanford university is a leading figure in this field, so if you're interested, just Google his nam and you can read as much as you want.  But basically, according to Bandura, we exercise our agency in four ways.  We are self-organizing, pro-active, self-regulating, and self-reflecting. We are not simply onlookers of our behavior. We are contributors to our life circumstances, not just products of them.  That's a quote       We like to think, and we do think the younger we are, that agency means freedom.  And in many ways it does.  But what does freedom even mean?  Does it mean I get to do whatever I want?  Well, sort of, but we're interacting in a world full of forces both from the outside but also from the inside.  Understanding that seems to be what Chopin is wanting to explore in a very feminine context- because female forces aren't always the same as male forces, by definition.     Well, I will tell you what Bandura would say.  The problem is that Most human pursuits involve other people, so there is no absolute agency. Let me use Bandura's words here.  He says, “Individuals have to accommodate their self-interests if they are to achieve unity of effort within diversity. Collective endeavors require commitment to a shared intention and coordination of interdependent plans of action to realize it- in other words you have to get along in the world you live in.  That's the rub.      Ahhh- getting along with others.  That's another important idea to think about here.  The Awakening wasn't even the original title of this book. The original title was A Solitary Soul.  That makes you think of the story in an entirely different way.  Is this a story about waking up or being alone or both?  If there's something that we can see immediately in the characterization of Edna, is that she is a solitary woman.  She is very much alone and has been all of her life not physically alone, but emotionally.      Well, for me that title tells me that this book is about attachment and intimacy, but I may be jumping the gun.  We didn't get very far into the story last episode. We basically only got through the first chapter, so let's kind of start there.  We found ourselves on a vacation resort island, the Grand Isle- which is fifty miles from New Orleans.   Emily Toth, Chopin's biographer, described it as kind of a tropical paradise of sorts.  She said that For young mothers, like Kate Chopin it was a wholesome place to spend what otherwise was a dangerous season in the South.  Unlike New Orleens the Grand Isld didn't have open canals or cisterns.  There weren't swarms of disease infested mosquitos to threaten children or adults. No one there had to lock their doors.  The island was a tropical paradise.  It had palm trees, vines, orange and lemon trees, acres of yellow chamomile.  There were no actual streets only grassygreen or sandy paths.  It was seductive to the imagination, too, with tales of shipwrecks and pirate gold from Barataria Bay, the old haunt of the pirate Jean Lafitte.    And of course that makes sense Memphis is also sweltering hot in the summer.  And for years, summer months in the South were deadly.  Mosquitos came in and with them deadly diseases.  Yellow fever especially was terrorizing, so if you could afford to get away from the city in the summer you did; and many many people did exactly what we see the Pontellier's doing here.  Edna and the kids would stay at Grand Isle, Leonce would go into the city during the week and would come out to spend the weekends with the family.    Last week, we didn't actually meet Edna; we met her husband who is annoyed by these cackling birds that are making so much noise he can't read his newspaper- a parrot and a mockingbird, and we talked about how birds are important symbols in this book.      Yes- Birds and wings.  We have a parrot, we have a mockingbird, and later we're going to have a pigeon house.  We're also going to have a woman with angel wings, and another woman who tells Edna she needs strong wings.  But before we get to the lady friends with wings, let's meet Edna Pontellier.      Soon after Mr. Pontellier leaves the house,  Mrs. Pontellier and her summer companion Robert LeBrun come strolling along.  It's not one of the world's more normal love triangles- watch how these three interact-  Let's read this interaction    Page 4    Well, there's nothing quite so startling as introducing a book's protagonist as an object on page one.  Mr. Pontellier literally looks at his wife as a piece of property according to our narrator, and he seems to care less about the man she's spending all of her time with.    Yes, but there's more to see here.  She's clearly a beautiful woman and a prize for her husband, but what does she get in exchange- rings.  And they sparkle.   She also gets days at the beach free of responsibility- in fact, we will see that Edna is the only character in this book who does no work of any kind, ever. These two have made a deal.  And what we clearly see as we watch the relationship develop is that love was never part of their original agreement, at least not the way we would like to understand love as it works in an ideal marriage.  Edna married Leonce because he loved her and flattered her, but Chopin is careful to make us very aware that she never loved Leonce in return or even deceived herself into thinking she did.  She  was “running away from prayers, from the Presbyterian service” from her father.  Although, we have to jump ahead to chapter 7 to see that.  Let's just read the love story of these two lovebirds…to borrow from Chopin's bird motif:    Her marriage to Léonce Pontellier was purely an accident, in this respect resembling many other marriages which masquerade as the decrees of Fate. It was in the midst of her secret great passion that she met him. He fell in love, as men are in the habit of doing, and pressed his suit with an earnestness and an ardor which left nothing to be desired. He pleased her; his absolute devotion flattered her. She fancied there was a sympathy of thought and taste between them, in which fancy she was mistaken. Add to this the violent opposition of her father and her sister Margaret to her marriage with a Catholic, and we need seek no further for the motives which led her to accept Monsieur Pontellier for her husband.  The acme of bliss, which would have been a marriage with the tragedian, was not for her in this world. As the devoted wife of a man who worshiped her, she felt she would take her place with a certain dignity in the world of reality, closing the portals forever behind her upon the realm of romance and dreams.  But it was not long before the tragedian had gone to join the cavalry officer and the engaged young man and a few others; and Edna found herself face to face with the realities. She grew fond of her husband, realizing with some unaccountable satisfaction that no trace of passion or excessive and fictitious warmth colored her affection, thereby threatening its dissolution.    Not the most romantic love story I've ever read.  In fact, she seems almost proud that she doesn't love Leonce, but honestly, I think we can say that story is common enough.  How many girls and guys marry whoever they're dating in their youth just because it seems like it's the time to do something like that happens to be the person they met at that time- as Chopin would call it, “an accident masquerading as a decree of Fate”?  How many others make a deal of convenience- a financial transaction or sorts.    I agree completely- my favorite Marilyn Monroe movie, is about that- Diamond are a Girl's Best Friend. Although I will say, most of the time things don't work out like they do for Mrilyn Monroe.  Chopin's portrayal is more realistic.  People marry and then sooner or later, one or both partners start doing things that resemble Chopin's descriptions of the Pontellier marriage. In Victorian days, it was women, but today, I've seen situations where either partner experiences this exact thing Edna's experiencing- sad isolation- being discarded for one thing or another.  Edna and Leonce have two small children, but here in chapter 3, Edna finds herself in isolation and crying in the middle of the night.  It's gut-wrenching.  This relationship is cruel, and not just because Leonce wakes her up in the middle of the night wanting to talk- the scene  as it unfolds is an expression of a total lack of understanding between these two.     What is most cruel here is the total lack of intimacy between these two. And money doesn't make it all better even though they seem to think it does.  Leonce gives Edna a bunch of money the next day knowing that it makes her happy.  And later on after he goes back to New Orleans, Edna receives a care package from her husband, and she even admits to her friends that she knows of no better husband than Leonce Pontellier.      Of course, this comes across very ironic to the reader because Chopin has already taken us behind the veil of what looks like a perfectly ideal marriage to see a lonely woman who cries when no one is watching.       I also found it interesting that in the second chapter of the book before we even read the sad incident of Edna crying through the night, we are told that her mother had been dead- just a very psychological detail to introduce into the text.       She's a solitary soul.  There's a couple more important details I think we need to pay attention to here early on in the text- what about this gentlemen- Robert LeBrun- Robert spends all day every day with Edna at Grande Isle, but Leonce is not jealous of him at all.  In fact, we are told Creole husbands are never jealous- that the gangrene passion is one which has become is dwarfed by disuse- although I'm not really sure I understand exactly what that expression means.     No, On the contrary, Leonce seems to like the fact that Edna has a playmate. Robert takes Edna off his hands, so to speak.   Later in chapter 5, we are told that Robert picks a different girl every summer to fawn over. Some of the girls are single, but mostly  he picks married women- unattainable ones. These women apparently enjoy the attention, and Robert isn't taken seriously as a threat. It's part of the beach culture, and not a threat in this Creole culture.     Agreed, except, as we're going to find out, Edna isn't a Creole woman and things aren't the same with her- as Adele reminds Robert in chapter 8 as she tries to talk him into leaving Edna alone.  She point blank tells him, “Edna isn't one of us”.  And she very much is NOT. Edna, the reader knows, was raised in a very frigid home- nothing like the physicality, sensuality and the openness of the Creole people.   I've got more to say about that, but before we get too far from the crying scene in chapter 3, I want draw attention to the detail where Chopin connects Edna's loneliness and tears to the sea.  As Edna sat there alone and crying in the night, Chopin points out that and I quote, “no sound abroad except the hooting of an old owl in the top of a water-oak, and the everlasting voice of the sea.”  Two ideas here worth noticing- first Chopin is going to do a lot with sounds.  Music is important, which we'll talk about extensively next episode.  But Grand Isle is noisy place- we've already had noisy birds and little, girls playing the piano, but here's the second idea- notice the emphasis and presence of the sea, it is the most important symbol of the entire book. The ocean is also an archetype.    Just in case you haven't heard us talk about archetypes before and unfamiliar what we mean by them in this literary context, archetypes are psychological.  The psychologist Carl Jung famously theorized that they are symbols wired into our brains- that's one way to look at them- he called them a universal collective consciousness.  They are universal…meaning cultures all over the world throughout time having had nothing to do with each other use the same symbols to mean the same things- although they have had no way to coordinate this.  It's an interesting  and true phenomena whether you agree with Jung's understanding of the unconsciousness or not.  Not all traditional symbols are archetypes, but many are.  The ocean is an archetype that represents death, rebirth, timelessness, eternity, the mother of all life- it has in cultures of all times all over the world.  This is not a symbol Chopin just made up.  Do we know how she's using it here, Christy, any ideas?    Well, we'll have to see how she develops it along the way.  That's the thing about symbols, they take a life of their own in the story but also inside of every different reader.  But let's just take note of what we can see: they are at the seaside, Robert and Edna have been at the sea all day, and now Edna listens to the sea- to its mournful lullaby- it's just something to pay attention to and watch.    In chapter 4, we meet our first Creole woman,  Mrs. Adele Raginolle, and my goodness she is basically described as a goddess.   Chopin says there are no words to describe her, she's that gorgeous.  She's the bygone heroine of romance.    Oh yes, I'm intimidated by just reading about her.  I also want to point out before we get too far away from our discussion of archetypes that Chopin does a lot of things in threes- an archetypal number.  There are three women- Adele, Edna and this other one we're going to meet in chapter 9, Mademoiselle Reisz.  Edna was raised in a household of 3 girls.  She had three crushes before marrying Leonce.  She has three male lovers in the later part of the book.  She has three homes to consider living in later on- it's all carefully constructed and thematic, and we'll need to look at all of them. But we'll start with the women.  First, the amazing Adele.  She reminds me of some of the Louisianan beauties that intimated me when I showed up my ninth grade year at West Monroe  Junior High School, home of the Colonels.  Adele is perfect- gracious, well-mannered.  She is Southern charm writ large. Let me quote, “there was nothing subtle or hidden about her charms; her beauty was all there, flaming and apparent: the spungold hair that comb nor confining pin could restrain; the blue eyes that were nothing but sapphires, two lips that pouted, that were so red one could only think of cherries or some other delicious or crimson fruit in looking at them.”  Does it get any more perfect than that?    HA!, well, before she even talks about her physical beauty we find out she is the ideal mother-woman, and Chopin describes what that is.  A  mother-woman is one who is “fluttering about with extended, protecting wings when any harm, real or imaginary, threatened their precious brood.”  A woman who and again I quote, “idolized their children, worshiped their husbands, and esteemed it a holy privilege to efface themselves as individuals and grow wings as ministering angels.”  Christy,  of course we're supposed to notice the wings, but I can't help but detect a slight bit of sarcasm on the part of the narrator.  Is she mocking “mother-women”? That whole description of Adele and the mother-women sound over the top.    Great point and good question- and truly hits on another of the several brilliant strokes of this novel. We talked about this when discussing Jane Austen, but Chopin uses the same narrative style Jane Austen used- this thing we call free indirect discourse. And- for me this is important in understanding the novel as a whole.   What Chopin does is manipulates our perspective of events by mixing the perspective of a neutral narrator  and merging that perspective with perspectives of the characters, mostly Edna's but not always.  When we have this objective narrator we see sarcasm and strong opinion, like when we saw that Mr. Pontellier looked at Edna on page two as a valuable piece of property.  That's the narrator's perspective, but then sometimes we have with this also an ability to merge into the point of view of one of the characters and see how they see things- like when Edna describes not really being in love with Leonce when they got married or fighting with her younger sister or even crying alone.   Sometimes we even see things from the point of view of another character, and a lot of times this objective narrator is very ironic about this- like here, but we saw it before when Leonce came in from the club at 11pm after Edna was asleep.  Listen to how Chopin phrases this, “He thought it very discouraging that his wife, who was the sole object of his existence, evinced so little interest in the things which concerned him and valued so little his conversation.  Isn't that ironic and kind of funny.  It seems unreasonable for him to think of her as the object of his existence. But the way she writes it makes us understand that Robert really and truly believes Edna is the center of his universe.  We just don't buy it.  Here again, we truly believe that everyone thinks Adele is the ideal woman, we're just not so sure we should buy it.  It doesn't really seem a holy privilege to us to be efface oneself as an individual and grow wings as a ministering angel.  In fact, it sounds terrible.  Never mind the fact, that right after that glowing recommendation of Adele's perfection, we are let on to the fact that she fakes being sick all the time.  Why do that?  That's manipulative- that's not a perfect angel at all.    Well, being around Adele, being around all the sensuous women and you haven't mentioned the dirty book these ladies passed around, that embarrasses Edna- but all of this changes Edna.  She's not use to the carefree openness of the Croele culture towards sensuality.  She doesn't understand it.  And to add onto that, being around the ocean, being around this adoring younger man, Robert, being around the physicality of the females towards each other affects her- it's the sensuality that awakens something in her, if you will.  She had felt it slightly before, but shut it down and almost prided herself in shutting it down by marrying Leonce.       And, in some ways, it comes in slowly and takes her by surprise.  By chapter six Edna is starting to dream, to feel emotional- something beyond just whatever is going on between her and Mr. Pontellier.  In short, “Mrs. Pontellier was beginning to realize her position in the universe as a human being, and to recognize her relationships as an individual to the world within and about her.  Ths may seem like a ponderous weight of wisdom to descend upon the soul of a young woman of 28- perhaps more wisdom than the Holy Ghost is usually pleased to vouchsafe to any woman.  But the beginning of things, of a world especially, is necessarily vague, tangled, chaotic, and exceedingly disturbing.  How few of us ever emerge from such beginnings!  How many souls perish in its tumult!  The voice of the sea is seductive, never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander for a spell in abyss of solitude, to lose itself in mazes of inward contemplation.  The voice of the sea speaks to the soul.  The touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in its soft, close embrace.”    Dang, that's definitely an outside narrator.  It feels a little like foreshadowing.       The language is metaphorical- the ocean is personified- it's alive.      There are two things that really stand out to me psychologically, the first is the admission that chaos is the beginning of things.  Which of course is true.  Organizing chaos is what starting anything is about.  But that is problematic.  Chaos requires a lot of effort and responsibility to untangle.  Is Edna ready to begin something like that?  Is that what she wants? Because we aren't given any hints that Edna looks towards anything.  The text goes to a lot of trouble to suggest that she's whimsical, thoughtless, impulsive, almost childish even.  What comes after an awakening is naturally more responsibility- the exercise of agency as Bandura would describe it.  We haven't seen much of a responsible side in Edna. The second is how dangerous the ocean is expressed to be- which of course is something everyone knows who's ever gotten into the ocean.  The ocean is certainly seductive; it's beautiful but incredibly dangerous?  And thus the second question?  Is Chopin suggesting that Edna is walking into something that is deceptively beautiful- something that looks enticing but is actually terrible- something that promises to be an awakening but actually something that would silence her forever.  Just asking for a friend, as they say?  As a man, I wouldn't want to presume to unsettle any woman's spiritual awakening.      HA!  No, I would say you would not- that would be wading in dangerous waters- parumpum.  And of course, you are right on all accounts.  Edna doesn't look forward, but she does look back and in chapter 7 as she and Adele stroll on the beach, Chopin takes us back into Edna's past.  Edna reflects on the three men she had crushes on, how being infatuated made her feel.  This is the chapter where Edna reflects on not loving Leonce but enjoying his flattery.    She also awakens in chapter 7 to the idea that she has mixed feelings about her own children.  She doesn't think she loves her kids the way Adele loves hers.  And I quote, “She was fond of her children in an uneven, impulsive way.  She would sometimes gather them passionately to her heart; she would sometimes forget them…their absence was a sort of relief, though she did not admit this, even to herself.  It seemed to free her of a responsibility which she had blindly assumed and for which Fate had not fitted her. Garry, what do you think about that?    Well, it's hard not to diagnose Edna, even though it's not prudent to diagnose fictional characters. Obviously Kate Chopin is an incredibly observant student of human behavior.  She has seen this in real life.  Her interest in Edna is microscopic in some of the details.  What we know now from neuroscientists as well as psychologists who study attachment theory is that some women because they weren't nurtured as babies or children DO have trouble attaching to their own children.  Obviously that was not Kate Chopin's experience, but she clearly saw it somewhere.  She goes to great lengths to talk about how isolated Edna was as a child, how her mother was dead and her older sister was distant.  When we meet Edna's father later on in the book, the reader can see for themselves that he's mean.  It seems clear, that Edna either feels guilty or at least feels like she at least should feel guilty that she doesn't seem to feel the way Adele feels towards either her husband or her children.  There's a very telling passage at the end of chapter 16 where she tells Adele that she would never sacrifice herself for her children or for anyone.  That had actually started an argument with Adele.  Edna says this, “I would give up the unessential; I would give up my money, I would give up my life for my children; but I wouldn't give myself.  I can't make it more clear; it's only something which I am beginning to comprehend which is revealing itself to me.”    I would also add, that that might be a dangerous thing to say in a Victorian world.  A Victorian woman would never admit to having such a feeling.  That wouldn't be well-received.    Yes, I've read that passage too.  In fact, it's quoted a lot as a passage for female empowerment.  A woman saying she won't give up her essence as an individual- to be subsumed into anyone else- be it a child or a man or anything.    Yes, and maybe that's what it means, but it may not mean that.  It may mean that she just can't.  She literally can't.  Lots of men and women both give up their lives for their families, their friends, even their country- and giving up their lives doesn't mean giving up their identities. It means they love greatly.  I'm wondering if Chopin is suggesting Edna is realizing she is incapable of loving anyone outside herself, at least not loving greatly.  It's not entirely clear to me which direction she intends to direct this character.      So, if Adele is the first model of woman for Edna, the second model is Madame Reisz.  Adele and Madame Reisz are foils.  Total contrasts.  Chapter 9 introduces Reisz at an evening party there at Grand Isle.  I should mention that the treatment of time in this novel is completely non-traditional.  There are large gaps of time between events, so you just have to keep up.  Anyway, a few weeks have passed between chapter 8 and chapter 9.  In chapter 8 is where Adele tells Robert to stop flirting with Edna because, to use Adele's words “she is not like us” and she might take him seriously.      Of course, Robert ignores Adele's warning and spends all of his time with Edna.  He seems to have decide he's good with that.     Yeah, he's good with that until he isn't…but that's not the point I want to make here- In chapter 9, we meet another version of a feminine ideal in the person of Madame Reisz  The summer residents of the Grand Isle are having a party at the big house.  Everyone's dancing.  Adele is on the piano since she's too pregnant to dance herself, and everyone is having the best time. It's pointed out that Adele plays the piano, not because she cares about the piano but because music makes her kids and husband happy.  Music brightens their home.  It's a means to an end, but not the end itself.   She is passionate about her family- that's the goal.      She is the mother-woman, after all.      Exactly- but not so with Mademoiselle Reisz.  Mademoiselle Reisz we will see is the artist-woman.  Mademoiselle Reisz' relationship with music is much deeper.  Music is the end for her.  It's her passion. and her music doesn't make people happy it moves them to another place entirely.      Before we talk about how Madame Reisz' music affects everyone including Edna, let's see how Chopin describes Madame Reisz- and contrast that with how she compared Adele. if you remember Adelle is the most beautiful creature to alight on planert earth.  But here's Madame Reisz.    She was a disagreeable little woman, no longer young, who had quarreled with almost everyone, owing to a temper which was self-assertive and a disposition to trample upon the rights of others….she was a homely woman, with a weazened face and body and eyes that glowed.  She had absolutely no taste in dress, and wore a batch of rusty black lace with a bunch of artificial violents pinned to th side of her hair.”    Well, that's not exactly flattering.    No, I'd say it isn't.  She is not a mother-woman either.  She's single and strong in a different way, not that Adele isn't strong because I think she is.   It's just a different feminine ideal. When Madame Reisz plays the piano it sends a tremor down Edna's spinal cord, literally.  Let me read the text here, “the very passions themselves were aroused within her soul, swaying it, lashing it, as the waves daily beat upon her splendid body.  She trembled, she was choking and tears blinded her.”      Edna is crying again, but this time it's very different.      True, and it is this night that Edna finally learns to swim.  Robert talks the entire party out into the white moonlight for a late night swim.  The sea is quiet, and Edna for the first time, boldly and with overconfidence goes into the water all by herself.   She has been trying all summer to learn to swim and has failed, but tonight it's different.  A feeling of exultation overtakes her.  She grows and I quote, “daring and reckless, overestimating her strength, she wanted to swim far out, where no woman had swum before.”  She's intoxicated by her power to swim alone.  The text says, ‘she seemed to be reaching out for the unlimited in which to lose herself.”  She tells Robert how swimming made her feel as he walks her back to her cottage.  She said this, “A thousand emotions have swept through me tonight.  I don't comprehend half of them…she goes on to say.  It is like a night in a dream.”      She stays on the porch that night instead of going in to bed like she usually does.  Mr. Pontellier comes home sometime past 1am (although I'm not quite sure where he went after the beach party), and she's still on the porch wide awake.  He tells her to come in with him.  The text says that she normally would have “yielded to his desire”- however you want to understand that- but this night for the first time in her life, she tells him no.  She feels strong- maybe even masculine.  He's kind of shocked and stays on the porch with her the entire night.  The text says this, “Edna began to feel like one who awakens gradually out of a dream, a delicious, grotesque, impossible dream, to feel again the realities pressing into her soul.”    That sounds like she has had her awakening.      Well, it does, but then what does that awakening impel her to do?  The very first paragraph of chapter 12 says this, She was blindly following whatever impulse moved her, as if she had placed herself in alien hands for direction, and freed her soul of responsibility.”  That does NOT sound like empowerment or Dr. Bandura's description of human agency.  It sounds like the opposite of empowerment.    Impulsivity and irresponsibility are not noble character traits that lead to success.    No, and if Edna is the parrot from the first chapter of the book, it seems to me, she might be parroting the behavior of her husband as her first acts of independence.  She tries to outwait him at night, then, the next morning, she gets up early and leaves him, just has he has done to her every single day.  She calls Robert and is gone, and she stays gone until 9pm at night leaving Adele to put her kids down.   It seems to me Edna and Leonce have more in common than we might have thought from the first two chapters of the book.      Yeah, the text literally says, “She was blindly following whatever impulse moved her, as if she had placed herself in alien hands for direction, and freed her soul of responsibility.”  Robert even mentions to Edna that he had often noticed that she lacked forethought.    There's that word again- responsibility.  And hence the great paradox Edna does not understand responsibility and freedom go hand in hand.  If you don't have responsibility, you really can't have freedom.  Edna tries to have one at the expense of the other.      She also starts things and doesn't see them through.  Even on this little adventure outing, she starts the mass, but walks out.  She literally goes into the house of a woman she doesn't know, imposes herself by laying on her bed and sleeps the entire day away.  She is able to exercise freedom, but often only because other people are willing to take responsibility for her.      The first part of the book ends with chapter 16.  Robert has announced that he is leaving Grand Isle and going to Mexico.      We are left to infer, that after a day with Edna and the realization he might have real feelings for her, he doesn't want the entanglement taking responsibility for that will bring.  Edna, on the other hand, doesn't seem to get it.  She is distraught.  She doesn't know how will she spend the rest of her summer without Robert.  Her husband literally asks her, “How do you get on without him, Edna?”  Which I think is a question I would never ask you about another man, but again I'm not a Victorian Creole.    Ha, no, that's true, but these two don't think a thing about it.  Let me read this part, “It did not strike her as in the least grotesque that she should be making or Robert the object of conversation and leading her husband to speak of him.  The sentiment which she entertained for Robert in no way resembled that which she felt for her husband, or had ever felt, or ever expected to feel.  She had all her life been accustomed to harbor thoughts and emotions which never voiced themselves.  They had never taken the form of struggles.  They belonged to her and were her own, and she entertained the conviction that she had a right to them and they concerned no one but herself.”- again that outside narrator commenting somewhat ironically on the state of affairs.      Well, our solitary soul has not found wings, but she has found her sea legs and is exercising them.  I don't find her behavior necessarily admirable at this point, but, but as we said in the beginning of the podcast- beginings are always chaotic.  That's the normal state of affairs.  The question will be, is Edna capable of creating a story for herself?  She has decided she hasn't been the protagonist of her own life, she's been a parrot, or an object of Leonce's.  She's awakened to that in some way, she has begun.  She has two models of womanhood before her- the mother-woman of Adele and the artist-woman of Madame Reisz.   Next episode we will see the middle part of her story, what will Edna do when she goes back home?  What will she do when she's away from the sea, the dreamy unreality of vacation life.  Will she take on new responsibilities with her awakening?      Will Leonce?    Indeed, things aren't always the same when we get back home after vacation.  So, thanks for listening………..    peace OUT.                              

Is Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop Bar Haunted? Ghostly is back in New Orleans exploring one of the oldest bars in the country. Pirates, treasure, spies, fire…this story has it all. Jean Lafitte supposedly used this building as his headquarters and allegedly he's never left. Is this famous Bourbon Steet bar haunted? Listen and vote! The post 092 – Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop – New Orleans appeared first on Ghostly Podcast.

Avast ye, hearties! Jennie and Dianne take to the high seas to visit the world's only known pirate cemetery hidden away on Ile  Sainte Marie, a thin strip of land off Madagascar's northeast coast, where for more than a hundred years thousands of pirates called this place home when they weren't out plundering for booty. Then the ladies batten down the hatches and head back to America to the coast of North Carolina where they visit three mysterious graves that possibly belong to pirates? And further inland what is said to be the grave of one of the world's most infamous pirates who possibly faked his own death to escape his life of crime, Jean Lafitte.  Dead men tell no tales...or do they, on this episode of the Ordinary Extraordinary Cemetery podcast.Resources used to research this episode include:, mysendoff.com. "The World's Only Pirate Cemetery ." https://falconerfuneralhome.com/. falconerfuneralhome.com/mysendoff/story/the-worlds-only-pirate-cemetery#:~:text=Ile%20Sainte%2DMarie%2C%20Madagascar%20is,the%20world's%20only%20pirate%20cemetery. Accessed 3 Apr. 2022., audleytravel.com. "Visit Île Sainte-Marie, Madagascar ." https://www.audleytravel.com/. www.audleytravel.com/us/madagascar/places-to-go/the-islands-and-beaches-of-madagascar/ile-sainte-marie. Accessed 3 Apr. 2022.R, Sam. "The Pirate Cemetery ." https://www.atlasobscura.com/. edited by Mr. Carl, 23 Nov. 2015. www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-pirate-cemetery-analanjirofo-madagascar. Accessed 3 Apr. 2022.Goran, David. "The Pirate Cemetery of Madagascar is the world's оnly pirate graveyard ." https://www.thevintagenews.com/. 22 June 2016. www.thevintagenews.com/2016/06/22/pirate-cemetery-madagascar-worlds-%d0%benly-pirate-graveyard/?chrome=1&andro=1. Accessed 3 Apr. 2022. "Adam Baldridge ." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Baldridge. Accessed 3 Apr. 2022.Presbyterian Church, Thyatira. "History." https://thyatirapresbyterian.org/. thyatirapresbyterian.org/history/.Eley, M. "Pirate graves in NC?." http://www.vikingsword.com/. 1 Dec. 2004. www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=23228. Accessed 3 Apr. 2022.Park Service, National. "Jean Lafitte." https://www.nps.gov/. 22 Sep. 2020. www.nps.gov/jela/learn/historyculture/jean-lafitte-history-mystery.htm. Accessed 3 Apr. 2022.Thompson, Adam. "The Lincolnton, N.C. Pirate: Unraveling the mystery of Jean Laffite ." https://www.wbtv.com/. 23 May 2021. www.wbtv.com/2021/05/03/lincolnton-nc-pirate-unraveling-mystery-jean-laffite/#:~:text=Thousands%20of%20miles%20away%2C%20and,where%20Lorenzo%20Ferrer%20is%20buried. Accessed 3 Apr. 2022.Oliphant, Ashley, and Beth Yarborough. Jean Laffite Revealed: Unraveling One of America's Longest-Running Mysteries. Lafayette, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press, 2021.Masefield, John. "A Ballad of John Silver." https://www.poetrysoup.com/. 1 Jan. 1902. www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poems/best/pirates. Accessed 3 Apr. 2022.Keister, Douglas. Stories in Stone a Field Guide to Cemetery Symbolism and Iconography. Layton, Gibbs Smith, 2004, pp. 134-136.Cordingly, David. Under the Black Flag the Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates. 1996. New York, Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2006.

Dans les années 1800 le pirate français Jean Lafitte prend la tête d'un repaire de flibustiers sur les îles de Barataria, aux portes de la Nouvelle Orléans. Il deviendra un héros américain. Mention légales : Vos données de connexion, dont votre adresse IP, sont traités par Radio Classique, responsable de traitement, sur la base de son intérêt légitime, par l'intermédiaire de son sous-traitant Ausha, à des fins de réalisation de statistiques agréées et de lutte contre la fraude. Ces données sont supprimées en temps réel pour la finalité statistique et sous cinq mois à compter de la collecte à des fins de lutte contre la fraude. Pour plus d'informations sur les traitements réalisés par Radio Classique et exercer vos droits, consultez notre Politique de confidentialité.

Jean Lafitte was a pirate, a privateer, a politician, and a patriot. And apparently the king of alliteration… - He made a fortune controlling the Louisiana Swamps in a pirate ring and also helped America defeat the British. - Lafitte was a smuggler of epic proportions, commanded 1000 men, escaped jail, put a hit on a governor and then became the governor, had buried treasure, and fucked everyone's wives. - This is a story of the last great pirate king of America. The real pirates of the Caribbean. - Interestingly, know one truly knows what happened to Jean Lafitte in the end… his death was considered a mystery… UNTIL NOW. Join us on this epic historical account of Jean Lafitte! - What say you?

Galveston en Español - El Puerto de Galveston English Audio Tour: https://www.galvestonunscripted.com/podcastsLa voz de Cristal AldreteInstagram: @tuza27Información:El Puerto de Galveston: https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/galveston-wharvesJean Lafitte:https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/laffite-jeanEsclavos: https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1231&context=ethjEl Algodón: https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/wartime-cotton-tradeEl Puerto de Galveston fue establecido en 1825 por una ley del Congreso Mexicano, cuando Texas todavía era parte de México.Sin embargo, la bahía de Galveston y el lado norte de la isla de Galveston se habían utilizado como un puerto natural seguro para los marineros mucho antes de 1825. Antes de que el extremo este de la isla de Galveston se expandiera a su ubicación actual a fines del siglo 19, la isla tenía una entrada natural profunda. Este puerto natural había sido utilizado por exploradores franceses e españoles e incluso piratas que se escondían de las autoridades. A finales del 1700 y principios del 1800, un pirata llamado Jean Lafitte usó este puerto natural como sede de una operación de contrabando desde Nueva Orleans. Después de que el puerto se estableciera oficialmente en 1825, Galveston se convirtió en el centro comercial de Texas. Los tres embarques principales que construyeron el puerto de Galveston durante el siglo XIX fueron algodón, inmigrantes y esclavos. Galveston fue un importante puerto de inmigración 50 años antes de que se abriera la isla Ellis. Inmigrantes de todo el mundo inmigraron a través de Galveston.Muchos tejanos y especialmente los habitantes de Galveston pueden rastrear los registros de inmigración de sus antepasados ​​a través del Puerto de Galveston.La esclavitud no había cesado por completo en Texas hasta el 19 de junio de 1865 haora conocido como Junteenth. Galveston era uno de los puertos de comercio de esclavos más grandes al oeste de New Orleans. Al final de la guerra civil, más de 250,000 esclavos se encontraban en Texas. Los registros indican que menos del 1% de esos 250,000 vivían en el condado de Galveston.Aunque se importaron y exportaron muchas mercancías a través del puerto, el algodón era el rey. A medida que la demanda de algodón en todo el mundo crecía exponencialmente a mediados del siglo XIX, Texas tenía la tierra para cultivarlo y la ubicación perfecta para exportar a las naciones hambrientas de algodón. Galveston se convirtió en uno de los mayores exportadores de algodón de la nación, lo que atrajo a multitudes de empresarios, familias y cualquiera que estuviera dispuesto a trabajar en la ciudad del puerto de Galveston.Galveston fue la ciudad más poblada de Texas hasta alrededor de 1885 cuando fue superada por Dallas y San Antonio, y fácilmente la más rica per cápita hasta 1900, todo debido a la prosperidad del puerto. Después de la tormenta de 1900, el canal de navegación de Houston se expandió rápidamente y Galveston ya no era la naviera que alguna vez fue. El puerto sobrevivió durante la década de 1900 con una fracción del negocio que alguna vez tuvo, ya que la mayoría de las líneas navieras y los negocios comerciales viajaron a Houston. Galveston ocupa ahora el cuarto lugar en tráfico de cruceros en los Estados Unidos y es un importante centro para las compañías navieras internacionales, así com