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DAR: Joseph Antoine Decur Our Patriots DAR Podcast
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In the late 18th century, Joseph Antoine Decuir became one of the wealthiest planters in Louisiana’s Pointe Coupee Parish. But that’s not why his name deserves to live on: The son of French immigrants to Louisiana, Joseph served in the Spanish army that aided the Colonies in their fight for independence and earned status as a Revolutionary Patriot.
In the late 18th century, Joseph Antoine Decuir became one of the wealthiest planters in Louisiana’s Pointe Coupee Parish. But that’s not why his name deserves to live on: The son of French immigrants to Louisiana, Joseph served in the Spanish army that aided the Colonies in their fight for independence and earned status as a Revolutionary Patriot.
6 min