From left to right: H.J. Bosworth, Jr, Bill Waiters, Laura Paul, Rev Willie Calhoun, John Koeferl, Sandy Rosenthal, Linda Jackson, Claude Stewart, Vera McFadden, Rev Charles Duplessis, Kim Ford. Photo credit: Mark Ford. CLICK TO ENLARGE
WHO: Levees.org in partnership with the residents of the Lower Ninth Ward
WHERE: T-intersection of Jourdan Avenue and N. Johnson Street, New Orleans
WHEN: Monday, August 24, 6:00 p.m.
Today, Levees.org will host an unveiling ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the worst civil engineering disaster in U.S. history.
The residents of the Lower Ninth Ward and Levees.org will unveil a historic plaque that is both a commemoration of a pivotal moment in history and a memorial to those lost.
The unveiling ceremony which is open to everyone, will feature local artists including poet Chuck Perkins and Al “Carnival Time” Johnson. A large tent will provide shade and rain cover.
The failure of the canal wall during Hurricane Katrina nearly decimated this historic primarily African-American neighborhood of homeowners.
This will be Levees.org’s third sponsored historic plaque. In 2010, the group installed a plaque at the 17th Street Canal breach site in Lakeview, and in 2011, the east side breach of the London Avenue Canal in Gentilly.
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