I was raised in Louisiana, so it was a big deal for my kids to get those badges collected along with adding all the other experiences from my childhood into the mix. There are only a few, so it doesn’t take too much to collect them up.

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Cane River Creole

You really have to want this badge because it’s a drive. It took us a few years to get it on the schedule. And since it’s my family (although mainly in South Louisiana), I can admit that the roads are bad. And there isn’t really so much else around. The plantations are quite a drive apart. They were mostly closed on the summer weekday we were there. We had to get our badges via mail because there wasn’t a ranger in sight even though they appeared to be in their office. Not their fault. It is sorta in the middle of nowhere and probably only busy on the weekends. They were great about answering my questions via email.

The booklet is crazy simple and cute. Practice labeling the parts of a cotton gin. Find all the boll weevils hiding on the cotton.

The badges arrived via mail. The envelope was quite damaged, but unlike other times, all the badges were still in the envelope. We were grateful.

El Camino Real de los Tejas

I’m embarrassed to say this one is new to me. Since we just crossed the intersection on our way to Cane River Creole, we will complete it. This type is only available by mail and is a very simple two-sided page. We have done several from this series before, and they have arrived quite promptly in the mail.

Jean Lafitte

There are multiple sites where you can get this booklet. If you go to 4 of the 6 sites and get stamps, you get a special patch, too. We may have to go dig our books out and visit some more!

We went to Chalmette. They did a reenactment and explained how the guns worked. Don’t forget to bring a $20 bill and thank Andrew Jackson for the outcome of the battle.

This was a bit of work. We did what we could at home, but still needed to spend about an hour at the site. There was a fine picnic table in the shade.

New Orleans Jazz

I believe there is more than one site for this badge, but one was closed for remodel when we were there.

One of the easiest badges we’ve done, this one was only 4ish pages (There are two age groups 8- and 9+) and had a maze and a dot-to-dot. This being like home for me, it was a wonderful location in New Orleans, easy walking distance from most hotels.

Print and mail booklet here.

Poverty Point

While this park is part of the state park system and therefore is complicated, they do offer a World Heritage Site Badge, which is technically through the National Park Service.

Louisiana also has a state park junior ranger program, but it requires a lot of work, and we aren’t up for that at this time.

Vicksburg

I don’t consider this part of Louisiana. And looking at a map doesn’t help me believe it is. But it’s listed on the National Park website in conjunction with Mississippi, and we got it a few Christmases ago. So I’m going to mention it anyway.

Relatively simple booklet. We did it at the site because I wasn’t as organized about these things back then. It was a lot of work for my first-grader-ish dyslexic at the time and definitely took longer for him. You can have the book sent to you via mail by following one of these paths.


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