Congo Square

"Part of my Treme walking tour. A very important location for understanding African American history."

"Had the oppurtunity to come for 2 days. On Sunday got chance to see a preformance and volunteer to dance. Very elated feeling to be in the stomping ground of my ancestors and felt powerful aura on Sunday."

"Recognizing the importance of this location from a historic and cultural perspective cannot be understated. Unfortunately, there's almost no information about that importance. There's one small sign, but I would have hoped to have learned more while walking around."

"Robi, from Free Tours by Foot, New Orleans said that there be bongo drumming and voodoo dancing every Sunday. But, there was just recorded music and some vendors. No 'vegan' food, but i had the woman at the egg roll stand try a sip of soy milk, as she uses cow milk in the sweet potato egg rolls. She said she'd try cooking with it. I told her about 'Just Egg' too. I could picture how it would have been back in the day though when the black folks got together in one of the oldest black neighborhoods to express their heritage. Congo Square was here before Louie Armstrong Park though, as it's In the park. There are outhouses and plenty of grassy and shady places to sit, as well as park benches, ponds and ducks, quack. This is in The Louie Armstrong park, and there are many sculptures and a school of arts! Sunday, September 24th, they had bongo's!"

"Stopped by Armstrong Park and Congo Square during our visit to New Orleans. The location has a rich history and some historians credit it as the birthplace of jazz. Had hoped for more local artists and musicians to be in the park and square but there were none."