Battle of New Orleans-- Part 9: Later Years

1832--  British Admiral Cochrane dies.

JAN. 8, 1840--  Jackson revisits New Orleans and the battlefield on the 25th anniversary of it.  He went to the battlefield on Jan. 10th.  He lays the cornerstone in Place d' Armes on Jan. 13th.

1844--  Keane dies

1845--  Jackson dies

1851--  Place d' Armes renamed Jackson Square.  The equestrian statue of Jackson is added in 1856.

1855--  Louisiana acquires the property where the battle was fought and construction begins on the Chalmette Monument which was finished in 1908.

1930--  The U.S. War Department acquires the property.

1959--  Johnny Horton hits #1 with his song "The Battle of New Orleans.

2005--  The visitor center on the battlefield destroyed by Hurricane Katrina flooding. It has since been rebuilt.

--Brock-Perry