>From this morning's paper, The Advocate. www.theadvocate.com "Port Hudson historic site offers cemetery tours By Baker-Zachary bureau PORT HUDSON -- The Port Hudson State Historic Site staff will conduct a National Cemetery Tour for visitors at 10 a.m. Saturday. The excursion will begin at the site museum with a caravan through Old Port Hudson and along historic river bluffs to the Port Hudson National Cemetery, where the graves of Union soldiers who died during the 1863 siege of Port Hudson will be viewed and discussed. The cemetery was established in 1867. "We want to educate the visitors about the history of the southern end of the battlefield, where the national cemetery now sits, outside of park boundaries. We also want to honor those who fought valiantly at Port Hudson during the Civil War," said Michael Fraering, site curator. The $2 admission to the site provides access to the battlefield and museum daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Children 12 and younger and visitors 62 and older are admitted free. The historic site is north of Baton Rouge on U.S. 61 in East Feliciana Parish." ____________________________________________________________________ Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1