Museum: Battle of Liberty Place Monument

The Battle of Liberty Place Monument is an obelisk erected shortly after the Battle of Liberty Place, an 1874 contest between the Democratic White League and the Reconstruction Era Louisiana state government over the control of the government of…

The Battle of Liberty Place is a contest happened on September 14,1874 between the Democratic White League and the Reconstruction Era Louisiana state government. It was resulted from the controversial 1872 gubernatorial election that both Democrat…