• Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site - St. Martinville LA
    A state website explains that the "Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site explores the cultural interplay among the diverse peoples along the famed Bayou Teche. Acadians and Creoles, Indians and Africans, Frenchmen and Spaniards, slaves and free people of color-all contributed to the historical tradition of cultural diversity in the Teche region."   (https://www.crt.state.la.us) The site was developed by the CCC in the 1930s: "Acadiana was fortunate to have several projects. Most notably was project SP-1 Company No. 277 located in St. Martinville. The project was one of the first in the nation and started on Sept. 20, 1933. Its first major project was the...
  • Post Office Mural - St. Martinville LA
    This oil-on-canvas mural “Evangeline” was painted by Minetta Good in 1940. It has been moved from the old post office to this new location. The painting shows the fictive Acadian (French-American) heroine of the 1847 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem of the same name. Separated from her lover during a period of conflict with the British, Evangeline was an important figure in Acadian communities in Canada and the United States. In the early 20th century, city boosters from St. Martinville proclaimed their town the original immigration site of Evangeline from France. The mural depicts Evangeline seated in front of the famous...