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An Ode to
NEW ORLEANS
featuring Historian
Charles Chamberlain
March 6–10, 2022
Jackson Square and St. Louis Cathedral / Britt Reints
Dear National Trust Traveler: New Orleans’ antebellum splendors, gracious interiors, lush private gardens, fascinating people, and enduring legacy of historic preservation take center stage on this custom-designed tour of the South’s grandest historic city. Explore how New Orleans’ strong ties to French, Spanish, and Caribbean cultures have contributed to her rich and singular architectural and cultural legacy. Hear how the city’s African and Cuban influences laid the groundwork for an astonishingly rich musical heritage, from ragtime to Dixieland, R&B to funk, and most famously made it the birthplace of jazz. Also examine the city’s dramatic struggles and transformation since Hurricane Katrina’s 2005 devastating blow. Led by National Trust study leader Charles Chamberlain, a historian and dynamic travel companion, our itinerary offers a wonderful variety of perspectives on this unique city. We will be invited into delightful private homes, introduced to prominent local artists, led by local garden experts through their lush gardens, and given special views of New Orleans’ finest cultural institutions. Highlights include a VIP tour through Evergreen Plantation, a visit to a beautifully restored Creole plantation, a special tour of the Ninth Ward revealing the impact of Hurricane Katrina, and visits to important historic homes. A custom walking tour guided by your study leader, a longtime local expert, will unlock the secrets of the French Quarter. Our five-day stay in New Orleans will be made all the more memorable with accommodations in the four-star Hotel Monteleone, a sparkling jewel in the heart of the French Quarter and a member of the National Trust’s Historic Hotels of America program. Our tour is further enriched by delectable Cajun meals in the city’s most popular restaurants. Nourish your soul and escape to New Orleans! Register now to reserve your space. Meg Annacone-Poretz Director, National Trust Tours For more information on National Trust Tours, please visit our website at www.nationaltrusttours.com or phone 888-484-8785 The National Trust for Historic Preservation is a private, nonprofit membership organization dedicated to saving historic places and revitalizing America’s communities.
Enjoy the academic
leadership of
National Trust
study leader Charles
Chamberlain.
Charles Chamberlain received his PhD
in U.S. History from Tulane University
and worked for ten years as the Museum
Historian at the Louisiana State Museum.
His book Victory at Home: Race and
Manpower in the American South during
World War II (University of Georgia Press)
was published in 2003, and he has
written numerous articles on jazz history,
Louisiana history, and American culture.
Since 2014, Dr. Chamberlain has served
as professor of history at the University of
New Orleans, concentrating on graduate-
level Public History and Louisiana studies.
Visit important historic
homes and talk about
preservation efforts
with the owners.
(right & below) Courtesy of the
New Orleans Convention & Visitors Bureau
Tour the charming
French Quarter
with a longtime
local preservationist.
Longue Vue House and Gardens / Navin75
MARCH 6, 2022 neighborhood, home to fortunes on cotton. In contrast
the largest pre-Civil War to the dense development of
Laissez les bon community of free people of the French Quarter, gracious
temps rouler! color with a rich and vibrant suburban villas are set on
Arrive independently at the history. See Congo Square, spacious lots, surrounded by
landmark Hotel Monteleone, formerly an open-air market lush landscaping. The evening
a Historic Hotels of America where “Creoles of Color” is at leisure.
ideally situated in the heart of brass and symphonic bands Hotel Monteleone (B, L)
the French Quarter. At 4:30 performed, providing a
p.m., meet for an orientation foundation for the birth of jazz. MARCH 8, 2022
walking tour of the French Learn about the devastating
effects of Hurricane Katrina
Pitot House &
Quarter, including a visit to
iconic Jackson Square where and the ongoing recovery NOMA
iron fences, benches, and efforts during a visit to the Visit the Pitot House, an 18th-
Parisian-style landscaping Lower Ninth Ward Living century Creole country home
remain intact from their Museum. Following a lunch that showcases American and
original 1851 design. See the of local specialties, see Louisiana antiques from the
three significant 18th-century why New Orleans is one of early 19th century. The house
buildings that flank the square: the country’s hot spots for was saved from destruction
the St. Louis Cathedral; the preservation during a visit by the Louisiana Landmarks
Cabildo, the former city hall; to the elegant former City of Society in 1964 and restored
and the Presbytère. Then Lafayette, established by the to its original splendor. The
enjoy a lecture by study leader Americans in the 1830s to garden at the Pitot House
Charles Chamberlain on the rival the Creole-dominated grows plants traditional to the
history of “the Big Easy.” Savor Vieux Carré. Enjoy access to time period when the house
a welcome dinner at one of private homes in the area’s two was built. Continue to the
the French Quarter’s best designated historical districts: New Orleans Museum of Art
restaurants. the Irish Channel, the working- (NOMA), the city’s oldest fine
Hotel Monteleone (D) class riverfront neighborhood arts institution for a guided
where first-generation Irish tour of collection highlights.
MARCH 7, 2022 and German immigrants Following lunch at the
settled before the Civil War; museum’s popular restaurant,
The Soul of the and the Garden District, visit NOMA’s sculpture
Crescent City where wealthy immigrants garden. With more than sixty
Begin with a guided tour from Great Britain and the sculptures spread across five
of the Faubourg Tremé North came and made their acres, it is considered one of
the nation’s most important working sugarcane plantation, MARCH 10, 2022
sculpture installations. Return Evergreen is owned by Matilda
to the French Quarter for an Stream, who has actively
Farewell
independent afternoon or for supported a wide range of New Orleans
an optional visit to the Historic preservation causes in and Check out of the Hotel
New Orleans Collection around New Orleans. Return Monteleone and visit Longue
for a guided tour through to the city for an afternoon at Vue House and Gardens, an
the museum’s permanent leisure or for an optional visit opulent 1939 Classical Revival
collection. to the incomparable National mansion with original English
Hotel Monteleone (B, L) World War II Museum, which and American antiques and
emphasizes the American furniture. Ellen Biddle Shipman
MARCH 9, 2022 experience in World War II designed the eight acres of
Evergreen through powerful exhibits. Bid
au revoir to “the Big Easy” at
manicured formal gardens,
Drive to Evergreen Plantation, which are considered her
one of the South’s most intact
a memorable farewell dinner masterpiece. Be dropped off
in one of the French Quarter’s at the New Orleans airport in
historic plantations, with 37
surviving buildings. Still a
historic restaurants. time to catch flights departing
Hotel Monteleone (B, D) after 2:00 p.m. (B)
Hotel Monteleone
Known as the “Grand Dame of the
French Quarter”, the Monteleone
has been owned and operated by
five generations of the Monteleone
family since 1886 and is a member of
Historic Hotels of America. The guest
rooms are elegantly furnished, most
with high ceilings, and fine European-
inspired décor. In the lobby, the hotel’s
famed grandfather clock still chimes,
surrounded by glittering chandeliers,
polished marble floors, and gleaming
brass appointments. Amenities include
a rooftop fitness center and heated
pool with views of New Orleans’
skyline. The hotel’s Carousel Bar is
a legendary New Orleans hot spot
that overlooks Royal Street. Truman
Capote used to boast that he was born
in the Monteleone. It has long been a
favorite haunt of distinguished literary
giants, from Ernest Hemingway and
Tennessee Williams to William Faulkner,
Anne Rice, Stephen Ambrose, and
John Grisham. It is one of only three
U.S. hotels designated an official
literary landmark by the Friends of the
Library Association.
NEW ORLEANS
March 6–10, 2022
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An Ode to New Orleans
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