1927 MINDEN UNIT

NATIONAL GUARD

Compliments of Linda Culbertson

Donald Lee Gardner and Dr. Charles Hennigan submiited this picture after Linda had sent it. This was what Linda wrote:

The picture of the 1927 National Guard is  the Minden Unit. I believe Robert Kennon was the commander. They were mobilized and sent to South Louisiana to help during the 1927 Mississippi River flood. My dad was only 16, so couldn't be an official member, but with signed permission from his father, he was allowed to go along as "mascot". I think it must have been one of the great adventures of his life, because when he died at the age of 86, he was still telling his great-grandchildren about that crisis. His job was to deliver the mail to the flooded Cajun families back in those swamps north of New Orleans. He had to do it in a pirogue and told of all those names looking and sounding alike to a North Louisiana boy, Thibodeaux, LeBlanc, Boudreux, Petitjean, Savoie, Robicheaux. He said those families were very fortunate indeed if he delivered any of the mail to the appropriate group.

Linda

If you can identify any of the people in the picture please e-mail Sherry Gresham Gritzbaugh at MindenMemories@AOL.COM