Stephen Stearns completes the wreath laying in honor of the 164 residents who tragically lost their lives in Hurricane Katrina.
Louisiana Governor Je Landry speaks during the Wreath Laying Ceremony in Shell Beach.
St. Bernard Parish School Board Left to Right Joe Long, Sean Warner, Diana Dysart, Katherine Lemoine, Doris Voitier, Millie Harris, Rosiland White, Henry Rodriguez III.
Governor Je Landry, alongside St. Bernard Government Ocials and SBSO, attended a mass at Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic Church to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
The food service team at Chalmette High who helped make sure operations ran smoothly during the Remembrance Breakfast. Photo by Jimmy Delery
Sterling Constant, an usher at Prompt Succor church, greets Archbishop Gregory Aymond. Photo by Jimmy Delery
On Friday, August 29, St. Bernard Parish commemorated the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with a variety of memorial and remembrance events occurring throughout the parish. With St. Bernard having been hit so hard by the storm back in 2005, causing essentially complete flooding of the entire parish, memories and even scars from Katrina have continued to last. The intensity of the impacts ...