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Baton Rouge Riverwalk And Our All Time Favorite Veteran’s Memorial.

We had no idea what to expect from the Baton Rouge area but the Mississippi River winds right through downtown so a day on the banks of the mighty river was in order. We visited a cool farmer’s market this Saturday morning before a day of exploring.


The riverboat America with its operable paddle wheel. Can you see Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn on the raft behind the ship?
The USS Kidd Museum. We did not pay to go in basically because we spent so much time admiring the Veteran’s Memorial.
Check out the levee here. The river is VERY high at this point. It is half way up the cement bleachers in the background and starting to cover the cement letters spelling Baton Rouge in the foreground.
A picture taken from the deck of the paddleboat casino we were entertaining ourselves in. The USS Kidd and the America in the mighty Mississippi.
After playing a few slot machines Laurie is happy to be back on the decks of the floating casino.

After a short stay in the casino and a bit of river walking we bumped into a gem of a memorial. It is a veteran’s memorial and included awesome granite slabs like the Vietnam Memorial in DC that gave the names of all the Louisiana folks who perished during one of the many wars to protect our freedom. We are not sure how much planning/money went into the memorial but it is something, in our humble opinion, should be done in each community/state.

Visible from inside the square memorial was this Navy fighter plane.
How true that slogan rings….”Freedom Is Not Free”.
  • Korean War
  • Revolutionary War/War of 1812
  • Mexican War
  • Civil War**See below
  • World War I
  • World War II
  • Korean War
  • Vietnam War
  • Lebanon/War On Terrorism
  • Persian Gulf/Iraq/Afghanistan
  • September 11, 2001

We were intrigued by the Civil War slab. Here is what the inscription says: “Approximately 13,000 individuals from Louisiana lost their lives in the war between the states. Though records are incomplete and space prohibits listing each name, this space is dedicated to their valor and sacrifice in the most costly war in our history.”

After an interesting afternoon on the Mississippi River we needed to find sustenance. This meant beer and tacos!

Must be a local tradition in the south to leave your hops outside your brewery for later use?
Two thumbs up for the Tin Roof beer selections in this flight of beer.
Oh my those tacos look good. Just like the Beer Tree back in Port Crane, the breweries around here serve food from a food truck.
Chips were made to order and still hot. The salsa was awesome and the tacos…….Oh My!
On the way through town we saw the words BINGO and had to check out one of the sessions. Laurie won the grand prize of $1075 on the last game. It was only $10 to play so we will use this to offset our lifelong bingo losses.

4 Replies to “Baton Rouge Riverwalk And Our All Time Favorite Veteran’s Memorial.”

  1. The ghost of Laurie can be seen on several of the War Memorials. All the Memorials make a nice display.

  3. Congratulations on your Bingo win!!!
    Looks like you had a great time in Baton Rouge 👍

  4. Baton Rouge looks like it had a lot to offer the tourist. Don’t really think about it when I here Louisianna, New Orleans automatically pops into my mind.
    Good for you Laurie, enjoy your winnings!

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