Fauboug Marigny

Historical marker location:

449 Esplanade Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana

( Marker is at the intersection of Esplanade Avenue and Frenchmen Street on Esplanade Avenue.)

Louisiana was briefly an independent republic. After declaring independence from Spain in 1810, a group of Louisianans established the Republic of West Florida, which included parts of what is now Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. However, the republic was short-lived, as it was quickly annexed by the United States.