HERE WE COME NOLA
August 4 - 6, 2023
ITINERARY


8/4/2023
NOLA AIN'T READY
Arrive at Louis Armstrong Airport by 12:00 pm
12:00 - Transportation to hotel
12:30 - Lunch at hotel
1:30 - Depart to Whitney Plantation
2:45 - Whitney Plantation Tour
5:00 - Depart to French Quarters
FREE TIME IN FRENCH QUARTERS
7:30 - Depart to hotel
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The Whitney Plantation Tour
Focused on the history of slavery in Louisiana from 1719-1865, visitors learn about all aspects of slavery in this state. Including the history of the Code Noir, topics of gender, and resistance & rebellion. You'll tour an actual plantation, slave quarters, the big house, and more. Bring Kleenex. This is a highly emotional tour.
8/5/2023
7:30 am - Breakfast
8:30 am - Depart to Sacred Libation Tour
9:00 am - Sacred Libation Tour
11:30 am - Depart to Dooky Chase's Restaraunt
12:00 pm - Lunch at Dooky Chase's Restaraunt
1:00 pm - Depart to Black Heritage & Jazz Tour
4:00 pm - Return to hotel
FREE TIME AND DINNER ON YOUR OWN
7:00 - Depart to House of Blues New Orleans
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The Sacred Libation Tour
The purpose of this spiritual Tour is to honor our ancestors. Healing and dealing with the old wounds of slavery, Jim Crow, and basically all pain of the African American experience up until the Civil Rights period.
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We'll do Libations (offerings) at Congo Square ( Birthplace of Jazz). So bring coins, flowers, fruit, incense, Gin, Rum, candles, or any other item your ancestors will like. We will visit The tomb of the unknown Slave's grave. Located at St. Augustine's Church the first Catholic church for people of African descent, Free and enslaved! After, we head to the heart of New Orleans, The French Quarter. We visit the locations of the biggest slave markets in the Nation! There we will have some minutes of silence. Stopping at Hidden slave pens on Esplanade Ave. on our way to the musician's village. (This can be an emotional experience, so come braced and brave, just like they came.)
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Dooky Chase's Restaurant
Dooky Chase’s Restaurant played a vital role in the Civil Rights Movement. At the corner of Orleans Avenue and North Miro Street, Dooky Chase held and fed countless numbers of Civil Rights activists and revolutionaries. Today, the family-owned restaurant remains at its original intersection serving award-winning cuisine to a host of locals, visitors, politicians, public figures, and Queens Who Trip!
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New Orleans Black Heritage & Jazz City Tour
This off-the-beaten-path tour will visit all Black-owned businesses on Bayou Road, Congo Square, Amstrong Park, and Treme' -the first African American neighborhood in the United States.
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The tour is honest. No sugar coated-skippin over the unpleasant truth of Slavery. We'll start at the beginning, of the Africans' forced journey, their music, the healing Drum circles of the enslaved at Congo Square (aka Birthplace of Jazz), and the story of slavery and resistance!
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This 2.5-hour guided tour is in a Covid cautious, air-conditioned minivan that will take us deeper into the heart & soul of New Orleans. On this tour, you get a chance to buy, books, local art, black art, jewelry, African fabrics, handmade soaps, skincare, NOLA-style cupcakes, and more!

8/6/2023
NOLA AIN'T READY
8:000 am - Breakfast
9:30 am - Sister Circle
12:00 pm - Transportation to airport
3:00 pm - Transporation to airport
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EXTENDED VACATION AVAILABLE
Stay until Monday and enjoy more culture, sisterhood, and fun for an additional $200. Inquiry for details
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