Quarterly Lecture Series
 

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With the nation buzzing with talk about the 250th Anniversary of its founding, the obvious question is "what happened on the North Shore?" 

Join us as we explore the expeditions of our Spanish colonial forebear Bernardo de Galvez. 

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Abstract:

Spanish colonial governor Bernardo de Gálvez conducted a military campaign against the British forts along the Mississippi River during the American Revolutionary War, shortly after Spain had declared war on Great Britain and openly supported the side of France and the Continental Congress in North America.

 

Gálvez’s 1779 capture of the strongly garrisoned fort at Baton Rouge also forced the surrender of the upriver British fort at Natchez. His victories effectively ended British military control of the lower Mississippi River and the westernmost portions of British West Florida, which included today’s so-called Florida Parishes in southeast Louisiana.

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Our Speaker

Jason Wiese

Chief Curator

Historic New Orleans Collection

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Jason Wiese has been on the staff of the Historic New Orleans Collection for 27 years, and has served as Chief Curator since 2019. His subject specialties include the historical cartography of Louisiana, as well as the maritime and military history of the Gulf South, especially the Battle of New Orleans.

 

Mr. Wiese has curated many exhibitions at HNOC over the years, most recently "A Vanishing Bounty: Louisiana's Coastal Environment and Culture" and “New Orleans Musicians in Art,” both currently on view at HNOC's 520 Royal Street museum. He also contributed articles about the 1779 battles of Baton Rouge and Lake Pontchartrain to the 64 Parishes online encyclopedia published by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.

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