Chalmette Battlefield
The Chalmette Battlefield and National Cemetery is the site of the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812. Visitors will see the Chalmette Monument, cannon replicas, and the Malus-Beauregard House. Battlefield grounds, visitor center and public restrooms are open 7 days/week, 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The commemoration of the Battle of New Orleans is held annually the second weekend in January. Visitors enjoy cannon and musket firings, military drills, and craft and cooking demonstrations.
On the battlefield itself, you’ll find a visitor center, the historic MalusBeauregard House (built in the 1830s as a country house), and Chalmette Monument, a 100-foot high obelisk honoring the troops of 1815. Though greatly reduced in size and depth, Rodriguez Canal is still on the battlefield, the only War of 1812 human artifact still readily visible. A
reconstructed rampart stands behind it: located in embrasures along the rampart are reproduction artillery pieces, including one 18-pounder and two 6-pounders that are part of the historic weapons demonstration program. The Mississippi River flows on the other side of the levee from the battlefield, and in the area where British artillery once pounded the American position stands Chalmette National Cemetery, a Civil War-era cemetery that contains the graves of four participants from the War of 1812.