New Orleans Tricentennial -- May 18, 2018

Everyone agrees that La Nouvelle-Orleans was founded by Jean Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville in 1718, but no one knows the exact date. New Orleans has been celebrating the tricentennial all year. Spain took over in 1763 and built what are now the oldest buildings in the city. Spain returned it to France in 1800. Napoleon sold it to the United States in 1803. New Orleans has always had its own unique character.  I want to go back.