Lafayette Cemetery yog ib lub cemeteries hiob hauv nroog. Yog tias koj yog ib tug yeeb yaj kiab, tej zaum yuav zoo li koj paub, vim qhov no yog qhov chaw rau ntau cov yeeb yaj kiab tau ua nyob rau hauv New Orleans. Lub tojntxas yog ciam teb ntawm Washington Avenue, Prytania Street, Sixth Street thiab Coliseum Street. Lub keeb kwm ntawm lub tojntxas rov qab mus pib ntawm xyoo 19th ua ntej nws yog ib feem ntawm New Orleans .
Keeb kwm thiab kub taub hau
Ua rau hauv lub nroog City of Lafayette, lub tojntxas tau raug tsim los tsim ua xyoo 1833.
Lub cheeb tsam ntawd yog ib feem ntawm Livaudais Plantation, thiab lub xwmfab tau siv rau cov faus xyoo 1824. Lub tojntxas tau tso los ntawm Benjamin Buisson thiab muaj ob txoj kev sib tshuam uas faib cov khoom mus rau plaub lub quadrants. Xyoo 1852, New Orleans tau txuas lub nroog Lafayette, thiab lub graveyard los ua lub nroog toj ntxas, thawj qhov chaw hauv tojntxas hauv New Orleans .
Thawj cov ntaub ntawv faus neeg tuag yog hnub tim lub yim hli tim 3, 1843, tab sis lub tojntxas tau siv ua ntej hnub ntawd. Nyob rau hauv 1841, muaj 241 qhov chaw nyob hauv Lafayette ntawm cov neeg raug mob kub taub hau. Hauv xyoo 1847, kwv yees li ntawm 3000 tus neeg tuag vim kub cev, thiab Lafayette tuav li 613 leej. Los ntawm 1853, qhov phem tshaj plaws tau tshwm sim los ntawm ntau tshaj 8000 tus neeg tuag, thiab lub cev feem ntau tawm ntawm lub rooj vag ntawm Lafayette. Cov neeg raug ntau tus neeg tau tuaj txawv teb chaws thiab cov neeg ncaj nraim uas tau ua haujlwm hauv thaj chaw nyob ntawm Mississippi.
Lub toj ntxas poob rau cov sij hawm nyuab, thiab ntau tus tombs raug vandalized los yog poob rau hauv kev puas tsuaj.
Ua tsaug rau txoj haujlwm ntawm lub koom haum "Save Our Cemeteries," tau muaj kev kho kom zoo thiab kev txuag cia, thiab Lafayette qhib rau tours.
Lub qhov ntxa nyob rau hauv Lafayette Cemetery
Phab ntsa vaults, los yog "ncu," kab ntawm qhov chaw ncig ntawm lub tojntxas ntawm no, xws li hauv St. Roch thiab St. Louis properties.
Cov tom qab no yog Smith & Dumestre tsev neeg lub qhov ntxa, hauv Tshooj 2, nrog rau 37 lub npe uas muaj hnub nyoog ntawm 1861 mus rau 1997. Ntau tombs sau xws li kev tuag xws li ua npaws daj, apoplexy, thiab raug ntaus los ntawm hluav taws xob. Tsis tas li ntawd faus ntawm no yog cov tub rog ntawm ntau yam kev tsov kev rog, suav nrog Tsov Rog Thoob Ntiaj Teb thiab ib tug tswv cuab ntawm Fab Kis Txawv Tebchaws. Yim tom qab piav txog cov poj niam ua "consorts."
Muaj ntau cov duab tshwj xeeb yog rau tus tuag ntawm "Woodman ntawm lub Ntiaj Teb," ib lub tuam txhab muag kev pov hwm tseem nyob hauv hav zoov uas muaj "monument nyiaj pab." Brigadier General Harry T. Hays ntawm pab tub rog Confederate yog faus ntawm no, nyob rau hauv ib cheeb tsam uas nthuav tawm ib seem tawg. Cov Brunies tsev neeg, ntawm kev kos npe jazz, muaj ib lub qhov ntxa nyob ntawm no. Tus Lafayette Ntaus thiab Ntaus Nres N ° 1, Chalmette Fire Co. No. 32, thiab Jefferson Fire Company No. 22, tag nrho cov muaj pawg tombs ntawm no. Lub "Secret Garden" yog ib lub xwmfab ntawm plaub qhov ntxa los ntawm cov phoojywg, "Quarto," uas xav tias yuav muab faus ua ke. Raws li Txuag Peb Cov Neeg Cemeteries, Quarto tuav cov rooj sib tham zais cia, tab sis tus tswv cuab kawg muab lawv phau ntawv sau tseg. Tsuas yog cov pov thawj ntawm lawv lub neej yog ob qho yuam sij ntawm lawv cov feeb, uas tau raug muab rau hauv brooches thiab mus rau lawv cov xeeb leej xeeb ntxwv.