512. Part 2 of our interview with Danielle Romero about her
documentary, Finding Lola. Danielle lives in Nashville,
Tenn., but has deep roots in Natchitoches Parish. A filmmaker,
she is documenting the search for her great-grandmother, Lola
Perot, who passed away before Romero was born. “She left the
Natchitoches area of Louisiana in the 1930s and changed her name
and race to hide her identity and attempted to pass as white in
New York where I was born," Romero said.
Romero said when Perot left Louisiana with her Irish husband,
John Donnelly, and moved to New York, she taught her children,
including Romero’s grandmother, that they were French and Irish.
Romero made her first visit to this area in 2021 to find family
and truth. “Where did Lola’s family come from? What was she
hiding, and why? It was time to find Lola, and myself. I’ve
spent months interviewing elders and cousins and I am excited to
share the journey of the complexity of Louisiana heritage — both
in the past and today.”
documentary, Finding Lola. Danielle lives in Nashville,
Tenn., but has deep roots in Natchitoches Parish. A filmmaker,
she is documenting the search for her great-grandmother, Lola
Perot, who passed away before Romero was born. “She left the
Natchitoches area of Louisiana in the 1930s and changed her name
and race to hide her identity and attempted to pass as white in
New York where I was born," Romero said.
Romero said when Perot left Louisiana with her Irish husband,
John Donnelly, and moved to New York, she taught her children,
including Romero’s grandmother, that they were French and Irish.
Romero made her first visit to this area in 2021 to find family
and truth. “Where did Lola’s family come from? What was she
hiding, and why? It was time to find Lola, and myself. I’ve
spent months interviewing elders and cousins and I am excited to
share the journey of the complexity of Louisiana heritage — both
in the past and today.”
- This week in Louisiana history. March 10, 1864. Union Gen.
Nathaniel Banks begins in Red River Campaign - This week in New Orleans history. The New Orleans Lyceum and
Library Society had its origins in the 1844 ordinance passed
by the Second Municipality Council, "Providing for the
establishment of a Lyceum and Library by the Scholars of the
Public Schools of Municipality No. Two." The library opened on
March 10, 1846 with 3,400 books in its collection; by 1858 it
held over 10,000 volumes. - This week in Louisiana.
47th
Louisiana Crawfish Festival
Louisiana Crawfish Fest Foundation
P.O. Box 1996
Chalmette, LA 70043
info@louisianacrawfishfestival.com
Chalmette, Louisiana
Thu, Mar 23 - Sun, Mar 26 2023
The Louisiana Crawfish Festival is located in Beautiful and
Historical St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana which is rich with
heritage, moss covered oak trees, creole tomatoes, Louisiana
Bayous, shrimp boats, oyster luggers, oil refineries, and is a
fisherman’s haven. St. Bernard Parish is the home of the
Battle of New Orleans site over-looking the mighty Mississippi
River adjoining the Crescent City, New Orleans. Even though
St. Bernard flourishes predominately through diversity its
roots of ancestry dominate the culture engulfed with
Festivals, Arts, Crafts and merriment.
- Postcards from Louisiana. The Percy Harrison Band plays on
Royal St. in front of Rouses' Supermarket.
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