America's Foreign Country Atchafalaya National Heritage Area

We're back with another spooky swamp story to wrap up Atchafalaya Month! Tune in for the legend of Bayou Sale Road.

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Follow ANHA @Atchafalaya_nha, and learn more about the heritage area at www.atchafalaya.org. Music by SoulProdMusic from Pixabay. #AmericasForeignCountry #CominAtcha

We're wrapping up Atchafalaya Month with a haunted Halloween special! Grab your swamp boots and basin bravery...we're going to Frenchtown Road Conservation Area!

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Follow ANHA @Atchafalaya_nha, and learn more about the heritage area at www.atchafalaya.org. Music by Dmitry Taras from Pixabay. #AmericasForeignCountry #CominAtcha

Over the last few weeks, we’ve taken you across the heritage area to hear from real people doing real things to promote and preserve the culture of the Atchafalaya. For our finale episode, we look to the future with current Executive Director Justin Lemoine.
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Stay tuned for season 2! Follow ANHA @atchafalaya_nha, and learn more about the heritage area at www.atchafalaya.org. #AmericasForeignCountry #CominAtcha

Every elementary school student knows about the Underground Railroad, but there were other roads to freedom. Today we’re visiting the River Road African American museum, which exhibits the story of freedom seeking and survival in the Deep South with the museum's founder, Kathe Hambrick.

To learn more about the River Road African American Museum, visit
https://africanamericanmuseum.org/. Follow ANHA @atchafalaya_nha, and learn more about the heritage area at www.atchafalaya.org. #AmericasForeignCountry #CominAtcha

At the edge of Louisiana, where the land and water meet, is a garden made not of flowers and bushes, but of concrete and stone. This week, we’re visiting the Chauvin Sculpture Garden with the keeper of the keys himself, Dr. Gary Lafleur.

To learn more about the Chauvin Sculpture Garden, visit https://www.nicholls.edu/folkartcenter/park.html. Follow ANHA @atchafalaya_nha, and learn more about the heritage area at www.atchafalaya.org.#AmericasForeignCountry #CominAtcha

The spirit and resiliency of the Cajun people emerged from trial, hardships, and a global journey. Dr. Mark Rees and the New Acadia Project are searching for the original settlement of the Acadian people, who came to call Louisiana “home.”

You can learn more about the New Acadia Project at https://www.acadianmuseum.com/New_Acadia_Project.html?AID=2013305120017. Follow ANHA @atchafalaya_nha, and learn more about the heritage area at www.atchafalaya.org.#AmericasForeignCountry #CominAtcha