2009 Calendar of Events
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July 22nd • 34th Annual Preservation Awards Banquet

The event will feature and honor individuals named as the 2010 Preservation Award recipients.  Those chosen by the FHL Preservation Awards Committee this year are:  

Reserved tickets for the event are $75 per person for FHL members and $85 for guests.  A reservation for a table of ten is $750.  The event will be held in the 10th floor ballroom of the Hilton Capitol Center, formerly the historic Heidelberg Hotel, a building FHL has championed for many years.  Cocktail Hour with a cash bar will begin at 6 p.m. Dinner and the program will follow at 7 p.m. with Leo Honeycutt emcee.

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July 29th • Heritage Lecture "The Wetlands"

Speaker: Don Davis
Location: 502 North Boulevard, Baton Rouge, Old Governor's Mansion
Free to FHL members; $10 guests
Refreshments compliments of Calandro's Fine Cellars, 6 p.m.
Lecture at 6:30 p.m.

DONALD W. DAVIS has been involved in Louisiana coastal-related research for more than forty years. Davis relocated from California to South Louisiana in 1967 to attend Nicholl's State (Ph.D., 1973). Davis served as a Professor of Geography at Nicholls State University for many years before returning to LSU in 1990. Davis also administered the Louisiana Applied Oil Spill Research and Development Program and the Governor’s Applied Coastal Research and Development Program. Davis’ research has resulted in over one-hundred publications in books, journals, monographs, proceedings, and contract surveys. In all of his work, he has emphasized the importance of humankind in landscape evolution and change. Davis is currently administering a Louisiana Sea Grant project to develop an extensive oral history of the Louisiana Wetlands.

 

August 7th • Battle of Baton Rouge Commemorative Ceremony

Location: Historic Magnolia Cemetery

 

August 12th • "Mold Remediation"

Speaker: Claudette Reichel, Ed.D
Location: Old Governor’s Mansion

This program is made possible in part by a Local Project Assistance Grant from the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge, funded by the Mayor-President and Baton Rouge Metro Council.

 

August 28th • “Long’s Assassination”

A collaborative event with Secretary of State’s office and the Old State Capitol

This program is made possible in part by a Local Project Assistance Grant from the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge, funded by the Mayor-President and Baton Rouge Metro Council.

 

October 12th - 17th • Southeastern Museum Conference in Baton Rouge

Location: TBA

 

October 21st • 12th Annual FHL Gala

Theme: TBA
Location: Old Governor's Mansion

 

October 26th - 30th • National Preservation Conference

Location: Austin, TX

 

November 9th •“Little Pink House”

Speaker:  Jeff Benedict
Location: Old Governor’s Mansion at 6:00pm

This program is made possible in part by a Local Project Assistance Grant from the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge, funded by the Mayor-President and Baton Rouge Metro Council.

 

December • Holiday Open House

Location: Old Governor’s Mansion