Ursuline Plaque

ID: 3248

This file appears in: Battle of New Orleans: Old Ursuline Convent

placed in 1995 on the old Ursuline convent. Photograph taken 2014.

This file appears in: Battle of New Orleans: Old Ursuline Convent

Battle of New Orleans: Old Ursuline Convent

By Mary Ann Wegmann, Louisiana State Museum & University of New Orleans History Department

Almost 300 years ago, in 1727, the Ursuline nuns arrived in New Orleans at the invitation of Governor Bienville. While awaiting the completion of their convent in 1734, the Ursuline nuns established…