Here is the inscription of the Plaque.

17th STREET CANAL FLOODWALL

On August 29, 2005, a federal floodwall
atop a levee on the 17th Street Canal, the
largest and most important drainage
Canal for the city, gave way here Causing
flooding that killed hundreds. This breach
was one of 50 ruptures in the Federal Flood
Protection System that occurred that day.
In 2008, the US District Court Eastern
District of Louisiana placed responsibility
for this floodwall’s collapse squarely on
the US Army Corps of Engineers; however,
the agency is protected from financial
liability in the Flood Control Act of 1928.

Thanks.

Susan B.

We sponsored the plaque for you, your family, your neighbors, your fellow Americans, and for humanity.

We are very glad you like it. But this is the first. We plan to sponsor more such plaques. And we hope other neighborhoods may be moved to initiate sponsoring such a plaque.

Sandy

Thank YOU so much, Ms. Rosenthal, for all the incredible work that you do!

Margaret “Linda” Le Bon
125 Stafford Place NOLA 70124

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Thanks for your support of Levees.org!

Sandy

The Historic Plaque grew out of a Lakeview citizen’s effort to educate tourists and passers-by about the flooding. An informal sign on the private personal property of Roy Arrigo (a few houses south) grew and blossomed into the idea of installing a Louisiana State approved plaque. Like many things in life, it was a process that started with just a kernel of an idea.

With Mr. Arrigo’s assistance it took nearly a year to learn to navigate the process of getting approval for the Historic Plaque, getting it manufactured and finally installed. Now, with experience to draw on, future plaques could become reality in far less time.

It’s Levees.org’s intention to hold fundraisers to raise the funds for future plaques at other breach sites. And if any neighborhoods wish to sponsor plaques on their own, Levees.org is prepared to reach out and guide them and advise them in this important effort.

Sandy Rosenthal, wife, mom, Who-dat and founder of Levees.org

Road Back Home
Left soaking wet, now dry as a bone
On the road back home.
All shut in with the next of my kin
On the road back home
Aint no telling what we gonna find
Whats left of whats left behind
On the road back home to Louisiana
Back down to New Orleans
Lost my way with the LRA
To the back of the line
“All clear” say the corp of engineers
Better get it right this time
Gotta get back, and I cant wait
for the very next thing the mayor may or not say
On the road back home to Louisiana
Back down to New Orleans
(chorus)
Dragging up , dragging up
Where in the world did you drag up
When they siphoned the city
Where did you hang to dry
Dragging up,dragging up
You got that long lost look in your eye
When they siphoned the city
Where did you hang to dry
Wrapped this state in a roll of red tape
Can’t take much more
Allstate man aint got no hands
Its written all over the wall and the door
So you can stop the presses and cut the crap
Hell or high water, we coming back
Down the road to Louisiana
Back down to new Orleans
(chorus)

Andy Cale
504-909-3684