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The Hammond Farmers and Artisans Market is the best way to shop like a true local. Every Saturday morning, Railroad Park is the place to go for fresh produce, handcrafted goods, and great company ...
FIPS code. 22-32755. Website. www.hammond.org. Hammond is the largest city in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States, located 45 miles (72 km) east of Baton Rouge and 45 miles (72 km) northwest of New Orleans. Its population was 20,019 in the 2010 U.S. census, and 21,359 at the 2020 population estimates program. [ 3]
The Tangipahoa African American Heritage Museum & Veterans Archives is a museum on Phoenix Square in Hammond, Louisiana. [1] [2] There are three main buildings. The north building has a dinner theater and storage. The middle building contains the main displays of African American heritage. The south building offers a spacious banquet hall ...
The theatre opened on September 1, 1928, the same year that Hammond Junior College became Southeastern Louisiana College. Originally designed for the presentation of motion pictures, vaudeville acts, and local theatrical productions, the Columbia was the largest theater in Hammond. It featured the first theatre organ and the first talking pictures.
Website. www .larf .org. The Louisiana Renaissance Festival (abbreviated LARF) is a renaissance fair near Hammond, Louisiana. The festival takes place on a location that emulates a historical 16th century village (Albright) in England during the 1565 fall harvest festival. Renaissance fairs began in the 1960s in California.
Tangipahoa Parish ( / ˌtændʒɪpəˈhoʊə /) is a parish located on the southeastern border of the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 133,157. [ 2] The parish seat is Amite City, [ 3] while the largest city is Hammond. Southeastern Louisiana University is located in Hammond.
Culture of Louisiana. [ 1] Louisiana Alligator. The culture of Louisiana involves its music, food, religion, clothing, language, architecture, art, literature, games, and sports. Often, these elements are the basis for one of the many festivals in the state. Louisiana, while sharing many similarities to its neighbors along the Gulf Coast, is ...
Charles Emery Cate (1831–1916) was the 19th-century developer of Hammond's Crossing, which became Hammond, Louisiana, USA . Originally from New England, Cate donated $500, bricks and lumber, and the land for the construction of the city's oldest church – Grace Memorial Episcopal Church [1] – and established a factory in Hammond for the ...