Tag: Bienville Square
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Part Four, Bienville Square

Since the 1820s, Bienville Square has been a central point in Mobile. The downtown park is named for one of the two founders of the city, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, who served for a time as the governor of French Louisiana when Mobile was its capital in the early 1700s. This time, I’m…
Carrie Dalby
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