Andrew Jackson Monument, circa 1900

ID: 3269

This file appears in: Jackson Square during the Battle of New Orleans

The Presbytere appears in the background.

Courtesy of the Louisiana State Museum

This file appears in: Jackson Square during the Battle of New Orleans

Jackson Square during the Battle of New Orleans

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

Formerly the Place d'Armes around which New Orleans was built, Jackson Square, a National Historical Landmark, is the most prominent location in the “Vieux Carre” or Old Quarter. On December 18,…