History
Tremé is named after a real estate developer named Claude Tremé. Claude was a model hat maker who migrated from Saugivny in Burgundy, France, and settled in New Orleans in 1783 (Tremé America's Oldest African American Neighborhood, n.d.). Although this area is named after Claude he only owned small portions for most of the time and possessed the entire Tremé for only a decade (Tremé America's Oldest African American Neighborhood, n.d.). New Orleans was the first and only place that previous slaves could own property and begin to live a normal life.
Tremé Today
This neighborhood is an attraction today for celebrating African Americans and their accompaniments. Tremé host many celebrations that natives as well as visitors attend such as second-line parades and jazz funerals, also Tremé is now home of a lot of museums dedicated to African American life, art, and history.
While walking down the streets of treme I thought it would be completely different, but honestly to me it seemed like a regular neighborhood. There were predominately African Americans everywhere and I thought it was cool that on an electrical box there's a painting of a man. I can't remember his name but I do know that Milton a tour guide of ours pointed the painting out and said it was a man that's well respected and he plays jazz. He was one of Milton's close friends.
Armstrong Park
Armstrong Park is in honor of the jazz artist Louis Armstrong. This park is close to the French Quarter, open from dawn to dusk, and has free entry.
Sources
“Tremé America's Oldest African American Neighborhood.” NewOrleansOnline.com, www.neworleansonline.com/tools/neighborhoodguide/treme.html.
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