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These soaps were used to clean the clothes of the soldiers. Women were only employed during the war as laundresses. They cleaned the clothes for 25 men, and recieved 50 cents a month per man they served, with whatever extra charges they had. Some extra charges included mending clothes and selling thread.

































Here is a police officer, firefighter, and emergency services person of the 1800's. His unit was comprised of French and Italian businessmen within New Orleans. The fur hats you see behind him were made of bear fur, and called bear skins.

He is a hellish banditti. He is a Barritarian who was captured by America and put in the Cabildo for being a black mark on society. He was realeased in exchange for providing the Americans with flint and cannon operations.

The British troups during the Wreath Ceremony lined up in line formation.

A modern Marine playing the trumpet at the end of the Wreath Ceremony. He is one of the four Marines representing the changes the military has overcome since 1815.

The Americans at the Wreath Ceremony, lined up in a line formation.