Sidney Joseph Bechet

Historical marker location:

New Orleans, Louisiana

( Marker can be reached from North Rampart Street.)

Marker installed: 1997

1897-1959.

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.