Louisiana – Baton Rouge (Aug 18, 2020)

After a quick stay in Lake Charles, LA, we moved on to Baton Rouge to see Mike’s cousin, Donna and her husband, Daryl. We had a great dinner with them. We also toured the city first for murals. The next email will contain our visit to the Capital.

The murals in Baton Rouge were extraordinary. The subjects of the murals were very interesting and most still have great colors. This city was vibrant with murals. The community here is so steeped in character and personality that the artists are steadily laughing and sweating while painting. “The people that live in this neighborhood have been here for years, they have many stories to share about these historic locations being painted on and what happen inside…”

This was a great mural that surrounded this tower.
The other side of the tower.
Baton Rouge History. Fight for equality included the Bus Boycott which was in 1953. To read more about this check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baton_Rouge_bus_boycott.
Another great mural on the side of a brick building. The talent to paint on brick is awesome
This is Lorraine’s favorite. Love that is is actually painted on a porch.
Can you imagine the talent to paint this wall? “Free-styling for me is an opportunity to re-learn, to get lost within my painting and find my way back out again, to break old patterns and find new ones, to struggle.” Maxx Moses knows that this intuitive style of painting is part of his creative process…”
Smug.
This is part of a Lincoln Theater. Check out the story of this mural: https://posetwo.com/igetaround/painting/2013/08/lincoln-theater-gets-a-face-lift/
This is the zoomed in of the bottom left corner. With all prominent names.
middle part of the wall
right side of the wall
Impressive Mural from the Museum of Public Art. Unfortunately, we were not able to get the names of these ladies.
This mural was part of a full warehouse that we had to reach over a fence to take. We sometimes have to go places where areas are blocked off.
Another picture from the warehouse.
We were at the African American (which was closed unfortunately) and this area was right next to it. They painted all the pillars next to the museum. These pillars outline the number of slaves for each state. Reading these were heart wrenching.
This outlines the number of slaves that were held and freed in Louisiana
Lynn Whitfield is an American Actress who won an Emmy and was born in Baton Rouge. Read her Wiki at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Whitfield
Mr. Tyler Perry
B.B. King -what a great memorial
This is the side of a building. All the boys playing.
Front of the same building
Front of the building

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