St. Louis Cemetery No. 2, New Orleans

Established in 1823, located just three blocks from St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, this cemetery holds the remains of over 100,000 individuals. While it experienced minor flooding after Hurricane Katrina, the tombs remained largely untouched by the storm, save for the brownish waterline visible on structures that were submerged.

Cemetery No. 2 is a significant part of the African American Heritage Trail and serves as the final resting place for numerous noteworthy citizens from the 19th and 20th centuries. Among the notable figures interred here are prominent politicians and dignitaries such as Jean Baptiste Dupeire, Jacques Villeré (the second Governor of Louisiana after statehood), Charles Genois (Mayor of New Orleans from 1838-1840), and Paul Capdevielle (Mayor of New Orleans from 1900-1904).

Also buried in this cemetery is the Venerable Mother Henriette DeLille, a Louisiana Creole of color from New Orleans who is currently, being considered for canonization as a Roman Catholic saint. She founded the Roman Catholic order of the Sisters of the Holy Family, which consisted of free women of color providing nursing care and education to enslaved children at a time when such education was prohibited by law.

Additionally, several notable jazz and rhythm & blues musicians find their eternal rest here, including Danny Barker, Ernie K. Doe (known for "Mother-in-Law"), Andre Cailloux (1825-1863), an African-American Union hero and martyr of the American Civil War, and Oscar Dunn (1826-1871), who was emancipated from slavery as a child and went on to become the first elected black lieutenant governor of a U.S. state.