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Venice

Near this site on April 9, 1682, LaSalle claimed Louisiana for France. Father Zenobius Membre, a member of the expedition, sang the Te Deum. On March 3, 1699, Father Anastase Douay, a member of Iberville’s expedition, celebrated the first mass of record in French Louisiana.

Located in Venice, LA, Dist. 2, Hwy 23 , Plaquemines Parish. 88




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