- Metairie Cemetery is a historic cemetery in New Orleans, Louisiana, founded in 1872.[2] The name has caused some people to mistakenly presume it is located in...
- Tombs at Metairie are more spaciously laid out than in other New Orleans cemeteries and constitute some of the most spectacular and grandiose funerary...
- For more than two decades the Metairie Race Course was a horse racing institution in antebellum New Orleans, home to epic races that created and destroyed...
- Of the forty-two cemeteries in the New Orleans-metro area, Metairie Cemetery is considered the most beautiful and elaborate.
- The entire property is now known as Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home and Cemeteries, the first combination operation in New Orleans.
- Much of what is told about the Metairie cemetery involves the age-old New Orleans feud of Creoles vs Americans.
- Metairie Cemetery (actually located in New Orleans) is home to some of the most elaborate and artistic marble tombs and funerary art in the city.
- New Orleans is a city known for its cemeteries, and I encourage adding Metairie Cemetery to your travel plans when you visit the area.
- Metairie Cemetery has the largest collection of elaborate marble tombs and funeral statuary in New Orleans.
