Lèkspo

Expo Itinérante // Traveling Exhibition

Le français louisianais: préserver et évoluer

Louisiana French: Preserve and Evolve

Abbeville Cultural & Historical Alliance

in Abbeville, LA

October 1st - Nov 14th, 2024

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Merci à nos parrains !

Funding for this project has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (LEH). The views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this exhibition do not necessarily reflect those of the State of Louisiana or the LEH.

The exhibition was most recently in Lafayette and Jennings. If you are interested in having the exhibition in your community, please contact Marguerite (mjustus@crt.la.gov)

dans le sens horaire, en partant du haut à droite :

disque vinyle de la 'Valse à Austin Ardoin'; photo promotionnelle des 'Lions de la Reconstruction,' production originale d'OperaCréole (crédit photo: Cedric Ellsworth); la famille Rabalais (crédit photo Meagan Andrepont); photo promotionnelle du projet Route Lafayette (crédit photo: MakeMade); photo promotionnelle de Tours by Marguerite (crédit photo: Reagan Laird); La Table Française du Bayou Teche (crédit photo: Matt Mick); l'équipe des Éditions Tintamarre (crédit photo: Sherry Heflin)

clockwise, from top-right:

vinyl record of 'La Valse à Austin Ardoin'; promotional photo from the Lions of Reconstruction, original production of OperaCréole (photo credit: Cedric Ellsworth); the Rabalais family (photo credit: Meagan Andrepont); promotional photo for the Route Lafayette project (photo credit: MakeMade); promotional photo for Tours by Marguerite (photo credit: Reagan Laird); the Bayou Teche French Table (photo credit: Matt Mick); the Éditions Tintamarre team (photo credit: Sherry Heflin)

The Mississippi River drainage basin is the fourth largest in the world, exceeded only by the watersheds of the Amazon, Congo and Nile rivers.

Most of Louisiana has more than 350 active bald eagles nests. Many of the bald eagles nests are in St. Mary and Terrebone parishes.

Delta Airlines evolved from a crop dusting operation in Monroe.