Sites in and around Shreveport Bossier
SHREVEPORT
Centenary College- Originally located in Jackson, LA, it has such notable students as Jefferson Davis and Judah P. Benjamin. In 1861, all of it students had gone off to fight so the school closed until after the war. The college was moved to its present site in 1906. (318/869-5011)
Louisiana State Exhibit Museum-Maintains a Civil War display with relics and records.(318/869-2020)
-This cluster of historic buildings and artifacts, found on the LSU-Shreveport campus, is a living history museum of day-to-day pioneer life in Louisiana's northwest. Special emphasis is placed on the antebellum period. (318/797-5332).
Caddo Parish Courthouse- Confederate Monument displays busts of Lee, Jackson, Beuregard and Allen. The last Confederate flag was lowered here after the Civil War. (318/226-6885)
HOMER
Ford Museum- Depicts the history of Claiborne Parish and has a Civil War collection. (318/927-9190)
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