Metairie Cemetery Marker near the Army of Tennessee Louisiana Division tumulus
Submitted:  Debbie-Lee Hadsall DeLerno
Photos at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/orleans/cemmetare.htm

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Photographs taken and text copied from plaque 9/18/2001

Metairie Cemetery
Dedicated for Cemetery Purposes July 2, 1872
Recognized as one of the world's most unique and beautiful cemeteries
Approx. 150 acres.  Formerly the Metairie Race Course, scene of
The famous match races between LeCompte and Lexington In 1854.