Historic ‘lost’ cemeteries gaining due recognition

Published 12:00 am Saturday, February 11, 2012

Benjamin Maygarden (left) and Michael Stout (center) of MWH, speak with Margie Eugene-Richard during a meeting to gather ideas on how to properly memorialize a pair of cemeteries within the Bonnet Carre Spillway. Richard is a descendant of people buried in the cemeteries. (Staff photos by Robin Shannon)