“Sweet Baton Rouge, my Baton Rouge.” Its a place with so much culture and history. I was born a raised there.
I love it.
I went home for Thanksgiving and thought I would (to some degree) document in pictures my hometown. I want to share with my daughter a little something about me. I wish cameras were more available when my parents were growing up. I would love to see how things were in their time. This was a very fun and sad venture. Some of the places I visited I could see myself there again so many years ago. I could smell my kindergarten classroom and feel the cool air inside of Winbush’s corner store across from my elementary school. I could see myself, a little kid, running across the school grounds at recess. It brought back some really wonderful memories. Some I wish I could relive for just a day. Oh well. I have some great stories to tell her when she’s older.
This is just the beginning. I hope to add to this collection of images each time I go back. I’ll also continue documenting Gloucester, UK, my wife’s hometown. Stay tuned for some of those images.
I was born in a hospital across this lake
Louisiana State Capitol - Richard Pryor did a scene in this very spot in ''The Toy''
State Capitol Building
The Kingfish - The first US senator to be assassinated.
Visual depiction of Huey P Long's Assassination.
Senator Huey Pierce Long
Louisiana State House of Representatives
Louisiana State Senate Chambers
View of downtown Baton Rouge from the steps of the State Capitol
Another view of downtown Baton Rouge from the Mississippi river
Such a Louisiana name!!! Pronounced Boo'-dro and Ti'-bah-doe
by Mark
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