Exploring Baton Rouge Louisiana (Mississippi Road Trip, Part 3)
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- Опубликовано: 4 июл 2024
- In today's video, Free Tours by Foot New Orleans guides Robi and Andrew and cameraman James visit Baton Rouge, Louisiana's state capital. MORE VIDEOS IN THIS SERIES • Mississippi River Road...
While it's younger and less often visited than New Orleans, Baton Rouge is still full of history and things to do that many visitors to the state don't know about.
We leave the highway for the more historic view of Highland Road on the way to the campus of Louisiana State University, where we see a stadium you can live in and what may be some of the oldest man-made structures in the world.
We also visit downtown Baton Rouge, where we see historic buildings, a US Navy pirate ship, and the tallest state capitol in the country - itself a monument to one of the strangest governors in US history. We finish in Baton Rouge's version of the French Quarter, which is even the home to Baton Rouge's own Mardi Gras.
This is the third installment of our 5-part NOLA to Natchez Road Trip series. Episodes release weekly on Tuesdays.
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Please cherish the fact that you three were childhood friends and remain friends to this day. Not everyone has that, including myself for whatever reasons.
I love the camaraderie between Roby and Andrew. Plus the fact that you two can walk backwards in sync. 🌹
Cannot over emphasize how fabulous these tours are to enjoy. I do not drive due to disability so just adore the vibe of riding in a car and chatting. Bless you all for keeping us all sane during this pandemic Thank you
And we can't overemphasize how much it means to read your comment. It makes it all the more worth it. Thank you.
I think this might be the only Baton Rouge tourism video. Thank you for going off the beaten path in Louisiana tourism, very cool. The mounds site I don't think has barely any signage or information, I feel like it should have some panels or something saying at least what you guys said here. Also, there's a bus boycott mural I believe down by McKinley. I could see more videos including Southern/Scotlandville, Alton Sterling, Mid-city, Garden District, and the Lakes and Perkins overpass
Robi thank you for your service. You can be fabulous and be a proud veteran.
This was AMAZING! Loved hearing from all 3 of you! Robie, dear, you must let us all know when your book comes out! xoxo
We will be sure to mention that!
As an armchair traveller I just love your tours.
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Woodville, MS is my hometown and we often shop in Natchez, MS. I can't wait to watch that video. Also I lived in Baton Rouge for the past 7 yrs and this was an awesome watch.
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Great info I learned a lot. I moved to Baton Rouge in 2014. There is a lot of historical places I did not know about and will be sure to visit. There was on place I was disappointed that you didnt mention. There is a Historical Black College that was not mentioned. HBCU's are important as well. Maybe next time.
Great video! I love how you mention Baton Rouge is basically a flyover city, then whip it 180 with all the cool facts about the city.
Thanks for watching, Rod! We are glad you appreciated this Baton Rouge video. If you know of anyone else who might also enjoy these videos, please do share us with them. We would really appreciate that! Thank you.
Gentlemen thank you thank you thank you!your service to spreading knowledge of LA is Epic… This is how I define true education… not via a textbook.
Our pleasure!
I lived in Baton Rouge for years and loved all the history of it 👍
Robi is so fascinating
I love Robi and Andrew. Interesting to see how Thomas fits in.
This was fun! I know you'll never run out of things to talk about when it comes to a city as old and rich as New Orleans, but there's also a lot of charm in these more off the beaten path locations. I knew nothing about Baton Rouge until today. And your own personal stories, not to mention the vibe you have together as friends, adds a ton to the experience. Thanks for another great video! I've been telling lots of people about how delightful y'all are. (I'm a Midwesterner, so that's an honorary y'all.) :)
Thanks for watching and spreading the word about our videos, Rachael. And thank you for adding your thoughts.
There’s Robi! Yeah!
Love your vids. I live in Skibbereen, Ireland. Major Andrew Power Gallwey, a Skibbereen native, served with the Union Army in the Civil War, died in Baton Rouge and is buried there. I have seen a pic of his headstone. His brother was the second casualty of the war, fatally wounded when a cannon exploded at Fort Sumter. A long way from home.
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Wow...I used to drive Prairieville to LSU, via Highland Rd. back in '78-'90. Highland was seldom used, and I pretty much had it to myself😲. Thanks guys!
No problem, Connie. Thanks for sharing your memories.
I love your tours! I'm going to Jazz Fest for the first time in April and your videos have been so helpful!
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Wow I love it how you 2 can walk backwards without missing a Beat Thank you for showing baton rouge 💖💖💖
I wished I could tell you my husband's experience with the capitol building the way he tells it... you would laugh so hard!
Glad that you enjoyed the video Tasha. We will be more than happy to hear about that experience.
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You guys are great...Love Robi
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I just happened across you guys channel today, I love it! You guys are an awesome trio! I'm next door in Arkansas, raised in Los Angeles, however, my daddy's side of the family is from Red River Louisiana, Coushatta. I have a bunch of cousins there and my 99 year young Madea too. I plan on visiting around Fall. I may even relocate to Louisiana. You've got a new Subscriber in me. Keep up the good work.👍🏾🤗❤️
We are glad you enjoyed the video Felicia. We also hope to show you around New Orleans when you get here. You can browse our tour selection here freetoursbyfoot.com/new-orleans-tours.
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Thank you for taking us along! I enjoyed hearing Andrew's and Robi's personal experiences and learning more about the sights and history of Baton Rouge (I was there once, in 1997).
Any blooper reels?
Our pleasure! An interesting question and possible video idea. I'll look into that.
Ha! You drove right by my house on Highland! This newbie to BR just took mom on tour and we managed to find the things you recommend. I really appreciate the stories and history. Cool! Gonna call mom and tell her more about what we saw.
I love you guys - the energy is so BAM!!! Thank you for an uplifting time.
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@@FreeToursbyFootHQ Baby, I'm a mixture of Appalachian Hoodoo, Voudou - cast a prayer...Build a relationship with your ancestors, and have an amazing life. Cautionary note: THE Universe runs on HUMAN DIGNITY - walk in this Path and you will do incredible things for others - you already have! Blessings
This is soooo fun and informative. Thank you so much for the series.
Good night guys thanks for the good work ❤️
You guys are so fun to watch together. I liked Robi's mention of the first gay bar in the area. A future video on some of the LGBTQ history of NOLA or the area would be really cool!
We have a video coming out on just this topic very soon. Stay tuned, Keir.
It’s out, I just watched it.
The only history LGBTQ has is SODDOM AND GOMORRAH.
The best thing I have found on RUclips in a LONG time! Thank you!
You three amigos are THE BEST!
Thanks SO much for another fun & informative video road trip! 😁👍😁💖
love this so much! love hearing all the history...thanks guys!!
And thank you for being a long-time viewer, Dawna.
LSU was actually originally in Pineville La which is a suburb of Alexandria
Another fun video! Thank you guys! 💜
Our pleasure!
My dad was assigned to destroyer Colhoun DD801. During WWII. it was hit by kamikaze planes. The Calhoun is now on the bottom of the ocean near Okinawa. The Sailors were rescued and then the Calhoun was sunk by the American Navy because it was burning and drawing the attention of the Japanese.
I enjoyed your bus story Robbi
Great video man...
Love your animated & colorful comments, Roby. Love you guys.
I hope to meet you guys soon.
Thank you guys. I agree that these are awesome, and you guys all work great together.
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Thank you! Love these videos. Planning to visit for the 1st time.
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I absolutely love what you guys are doing
We love that you love it, Stacey.
Love you Robi!!!!
GREAT video of BATON ROUGE LA!!! ISTROUMA!!! THE RED STICK!!!! CHOCTAW THE ORIGINAL NATIVES!!! COLLEGE TOWN!!! HOME OF THE LSU FIGHTING TIGERS AND SOUTHERN PROWLING JAGUARS!!! ON THE TOP OF The STATE CAPITOL are 4 ANGELS POINTED at EACH DIRECTION of THE CITY, TO SAY THAT GOD HAS SENT HIS ANGELS TO WATCH OVER BATON ROUGE, LA.❤
Such fun!....and informative...I had no idea how Baton Rouge got its name until today!!! Looking forward to the next installment....🎯🍾🥂💯
See you next Tuesday, Craig.
Thank you for another great learning experience
You are very welcome, Sheryl.
I didn't know Baton Rouge was the home of Raising Cane's. I love that place!
You guys are the best! Each of you ♥️
Thank you, Wendi!
You are all awesome ♥️👏🎉. Thank you for your history lessons! Live each of your personalities so much. Bless you:)!
Our pleasure, Wendi.
Thanks!
This is such a fun road trip!
Thank you, Rebecca :)
Thank you for this ancient human history info. Blew my mind.
Just watched this video. When we visited New Orleans we spent a day in Baton Rouge. Toured the Capital as well. Loved the view from the top and the info oh Huey Long.
Glad you enjoyed the video, Leslie. You might also be interested in the other videos in this roadtrip playlist ruclips.net/p/PLpNEdLF6RWV2rh2PL1D1lcIOauEVDW3xd.
Thank you. I’ve never stopped in B. R. Now I feel like l have
Oh thank you he was in the military, so was my dad, grandfather and great grandfather from Louisiana ( I did not know my greatgranparents were the ones who came on the boat from Sicily, they were all in the marines, ok I love you guys thanks. Oh saint johns cemetery is where my greatgrandparents and grandfather is buried wow yeah the cemeteries are strange right, wow I love native American everything thank you for teaching us so much🥑🌲🐝🌻🔥🐞🐈💚🦮🐾💜😇🐕🌼
Great video and Info and BTW I worked with Robi at the Fresh Market years ago.
Originally, LSU was located in Pineville, LA, across the river from Alexandria, LA. I believe the original location is next to the current VA hospital. It's first Superintendent/President was General Sherman.
You guys are fabulous love y'all
Thanks for watching, Kathy.
You are my favorite live streamers in my favorite city.
Great video! Love the intro! I hope one day we'll be able to travel to New Orleans with my wife!
You should, Vaclav!!
New subscriber here, I randomly found your channel. I’m learning so much history 💚 you guys are great keep it up ☺️
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Robi, a Navy man. My dad was in the Navy during WWII - on a destroyer.
Awesome job on this video! New subscriber.
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Another good tour, y'll are great fun to watch, lots of personality, and your history is pretty good. I was born in Our Lady of the Lake hospital, right behind the new state capitol, back when there was still a ferry near where the new river bridge is today. One tip, the USS Kidd is a ship, not a boat and always, Geaux Tigers!
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very interesting great tour.
Glad you enjoyed it.
Robi, you ARE fabulous! Although you are a millennia away spiritually, from that military life, I know in my soul that you had to live that life in order to transform into the wonderful being that you are today. Love going out from a Gullah/Geechee girl living in Brooklyn, NYC! Ase!!
Thank you!
I used to go to that bar good times 👌
Great video, My home town but don't live there anymore. Lived in Spanishtown for a number of years. If you would've gone a half block more on 8th to Lakeland you could've talked to THE person who started the parade. Mr. Tessier.
Thanks, John. Maybe we try that when we return to BR.
Note on the part you did about the bus boycott. Baton Rouge’s was the first. Martin Luther King came to meet with Rev. Jamison to learn how to do a bus boycott.
FACTS!!!
🔥🔥bun batty boy
Keep your fabulous hair Robi
I ❤️ James
Well the stadium is known as Deaf Stadium and visiting teams can and have gotten rattled by the roars from LSU fans. Downtown Baton Rouge back in the 1970?s was my play ground, it was a lot different back then. The casino river boats can move and they use to have to sail at different times. They changed that regulation due to the traffic on the river and due to how high the river level would sometimes get. They decided for safety reasons to let the casino river boats stay docked and not have to sail anymore but they are still able to leave the dock and sail the river.
We have one of those mounds here in Franklin, NC (outside of Cherokee, NC)! Nikwasi Mound. Ours is also near a river
Interesting. Thanks for sharing this. Some people are really discovering these ancient burial grounds for the first time through these videos.
I love guys!!
There's also Moundville, Alabama. There is a neat history of Native Americans and plenty of mounds.
We wish that was a little bit closer to New Orleans. We would have considered a day trip there.
I went to LSU! Omgosh, the games were huge party fests!!!
I would not want have to have cleaned that! I have friends who lived in those under stadium apartments.
I was wondering if Andrew, and Robi ( Sorry not sure on spelling), have any new videos coming up? I enjoy watching them do tours together. They are great!
Love you all!🤗 awesome job by all as usual 🔥🔥🔥
New subscriber! Y'all are awesome...I've learned so much. I'm a Texan...and a native NY 😏
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@@FreeToursbyFootHQ Well, thank you. I sure will!
Sold. Now I need to go to Baton Rouge
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Disappointed that you didn't visit Southern University a well known HBCU. The university band has been featured in so many parades and major events. Again, as if North Baton Rouge doesn't exist.
All over the country and outside the country SOUTHERN JAGUARS IS The BEST BABY 💙BADDEST BAND IN ALL THE LAND💛
As a native I was looking forward to this, damn.
You didn't like it?
@@FreeToursbyFootHQ The impression I got honestly, was, if you want to go somewhere, and you can't go anywhere else, try Baton Rouge. It felt empty and passionless. I watched the Garden District tour months ago and it felt like you wanted people to visit there. Kinda waiting for the craziness to die out so I can. This didn't. It may just be me, but I am thankful that awareness of BR as a location is getting out there.
@@jdpitt6 Hi Jeremy. I guess the off-hand remark at the start of the video wasn't the best choice of works. I don't think this video felt empty and passionless. I will say that though both Andrew and Robi have spent time living in BR, they are not experts in aspects of the city like they are in New Orleans. Also, this is more a road trip from New Orleans video and the idea of the video was to bring awareness of the city to our audience (which is mostly focused on NOLA).
Hi you guys, good morning here near fort Tejhon, we love you guys so much, thank u, my kid loves you too, I just dropped her off at the bus, you guys are awesome 🕉 g I can not believe how much history I learn from you, thank you so much, I can not wait to get a tour with you 🐾💜🐕🐕🦺🌼💚🌲🥑🌻🐝🌻🔥🐞🐈do you know where Orleans parish is, I've never been there thats where my ancestors are from besides my grandfather i never met being a bartender " benny" in the French quarter
Orleans Parish is the City of New Orleans.
@@FreeToursbyFootHQ wow thank you I ou guys are awesome! Its so interesting, I found out my grat uncle was a boxer, I love boxing so much, I wonder if it is like in our DNA, I always thought it was past lives, the way we love certain things
Used to tour the Kidd when I lived there
I so CONFUSED 🤷🏽♀️ as to way you didn’t give any information about Southern University at ALL!! But you talked about Huey P Long!! Ya?? Okay 👌!!
Very interesting tour. I loved all the information about the mounds. Your videos make me want to take a trip to New Orleans.
I miss going 2 Mr Gattis pizza's and Middleton library.
Should have passed by Magnolia Mound Plantation, house built 1791, great history there on Nicholson. 1786 930 acre Spanish land grant.
It's on our bucket list. We had to cut some things off the list for this video. Thank you for the suggestion, Debbie.
Let's go to Fairfields
I'll be in New Orleans in June, I hope to meet you.
I'll be visiting New Orleans for the very first time in August.
You should take a road trip to the Cahokia mounds.....up by St Louis.
That's one for the membership jar. We'll see. This was suggested once before.
Visit Poverty point in north Louisiana.
@@bassethoundproductions3897 That's a good idea!
They are native American burial mounds. Yes there are 100s of years of ancestors. I currently live across the street from a native American burial mounds. Identified by the University of Florida.
some experts believe that the LSU mounds are the oldest man-made structures in the world, even older than Egyptian pyramids.
Casino's in Illinois also have to be over water. Harrahs in Metropolis had boats for years. Now we have video poker in every bar, convenience store and truck stop around. Go figure.
Be safe.
Dear Robi - Hi! I hope it's okay to ask, 'cause I'm curious what happened to your right index finger. Great videos! Always love seeing you!
James you should've kept singing 😊👍
We'll try to get James to sing in future videos.
No doubt you guy's have past through port Hudson but theres some interesting history here also. If robi is from bayou Sarah then he should know about port Hudson
We will pass this on to Robi.
Robi is so handsome!
Thanks for the compliments, Abraham.
Sooooo enjoying this road trip with y’all! And...next trip to NOLA, I’m scheduling my time for Mardi Gras in Baton Rouge. What fun that will be!!! Thanks for the ride today! 🤩
You are welcome, Charlotte.
“Cinderella” 😂
3:05 Baton Rouge is actually older than New Orleans.
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