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From YouTube: Edmond Boudreaux: Living History
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A tribute to the late Edmond Boudreaux, longtime Biloxi historian who died in December 2019 at age 70.
B
Bonjah
recipes,
please
allow
me
to
introduce
myself.
My
name
is
Shawn
Gill
heart,
but
you
may
know
me,
as
the
Herman
Adair
out
I
title
given
to
me
by
my
good
friend,
captain
Louie
go
and
float,
but
to
me
the
title
never
suited
me:
it's
not
that
I
dislike
it.
You
see
it's
not
quite
a
true
reflection
of
my
life
in
personality
when
I
reflect
on
my
life
am
I
just
as
easily
have
been
known
as
the
entrepreneur
dear,
oh,
oh
you
then
the
Casanova
dear
out,
I
was
married
a
few
times.
B
You
know
you
see
I
work
good
with
the
men,
but
I
love.
The
ladies,
oh
well,
I
put
the
cart
before
the
horse.
I
came
to
the
Bahamas
from
my
native
country
of
France.
When
I
was
22
years
old,
the
year
was
nineteen
hundred
hours
a
barber
hard
to
believe
no
I
learned
the
art
of
fishing
and
created
what
some
call
the
best
green
turtle
soup
in
the
world.
B
On
this
fortune
and
a
turtle
soup
company
was
I
partner
with
the
wrong
individuals.
Unscrupulous
was
my
broker
in
Brooklyn
and
my
business.
She
was
lost
a
tale
that
has
repeated
itself
in
recent
times,
though
afterwards
I
salvaged
what
I
could
and
I
moved
to
Biloxi
in
1920
I
resumed
my
profession
as
a
barber
and
married
Pauline
Lamine
who
live
on
their
own
and
I,
took
up
residence
with
her.
B
B
She
died
good
friends,
you
know
what
happens
the
homes
built
so
close
to
waters
in
the
hurricane
in
1947,
destroyed
our
house
and
oyster
house
I
rode
out
the
storm
on
my
beloved
Island
clinging
to
a
live
oak
tree,
even
though
many
on
the
mainland
tried
to
persuade
me
to
come
ashore
after
this
I
built
a
one-room
house
and
lived
the
rest
of
my
life
on
the
island.
With
my
dog
in
about
1954
captain
Louie
going
Flo,
who
operates
shrimp
to
a
boat
for
tourist
game
collar
with
a
bottle
of
fine
French
wine.
B
B
Biloxi
boys
would
gather
my
items
and
captain
Louie
would
deliver
my
supplies
and
a
newspaper,
and
what
did
I
do
forget
the
Louie
you
made
it
well
I
entertained
his
customers
with
song
story,
and
wit
when
I
grew
tired,
the
tourists
he
pulled
me
out
to
them
and
away
from
the
island
born
dear
Milan,
a
true
beauty,
the
true
love
of
my
life,
long
before
I
inhabited
her
400
acres,
Indians
roam
too
short.
My
fellow
countrymen
claim
this
land
in
the
name
of
France.
B
B
Hi-Yaa
I
done
God
and
I
pass
from
this
life
in
1959
at
the
age
of
81,
some
10
years
later,
Hurricane
Camille
destroy.
What's
left
at
he
out
in
2002
the
state
of
Mississippi
acquired
much
of
the
island.
It
became
part
of
the
coastal
preserve
program
ensuring
its
beauty
for
future
generations.
Avoir
bonds
of
me.
B
But
never
looks
and
by
birth,
but
I
was
a
Biloxi
em
by
choice.
I
couldn't
resist
her
siren
call
pleased
to
make
your
acquaintance.
I
am
Judge
Walter
White,
a
native
of
Rankin
County,
born
in
1854
and
educated.
There
in
law
was
my
chosen
field
and
I
studied
under
one
of
the
best
and
the
brightest
of
my
day
and
Zell
J
McCloy.
B
He
would
become
the
34th
governor
of
this
great
state,
a
practice
law
in
Rankin
County
and
Smith
County,
while
still
a
student
I
met
and
married
Julia,
Harriet
Enochs,
the
daughter
of
captain
Isaac
Enochs
and
Julia
Harriet
Byrd
of
Hinds
County.
That
gracious
lady
was
the
mother
of
my
four
daughters,
core
Lulu
Laura,
and
now
we
were
blessed
with
a
short
but
happy
union
and
after
only
10
years
of
marriage,
Julia
left
the
world
in
1887
captain
and
mrs.
C
Was
grateful
for
the
opportunity
to
raise
the
family
that
Walter
began
with
my
sister
when
he
suggested
Biloxi
for
a
honeymoon
I
became
enchanted
with
its
beauty.
My
love
affair,
with
the
Gulf
Coast,
had
begun
by
1890
Walter
moved
his
law
practice
to
Biloxi,
along
with
our
large
and
ever-growing
family,.
B
After
living
in
the
Poma
house
for
a
year,
so
we
moved
to,
but
I
am
no.
You
Street.
My
law
practice
was
up
and
running
on
high
Avenue,
just
in
between
the
Mews
and
main,
but
it
wasn't
long
before
our
first
real
house
was
finished
and
ready
for
us.
It
was
located
on
Beach
Boulevard,
the
former
site
of
gorn
flows.
Oyster
Company,
which
had
been
destroyed
by
a
hurricane.
C
House
was
a
palace
far
too
large,
even
for
our
big
family,
Walter
and
I
had
been
blessed
with
sons,
Walter
and
Harry.
Unfortunately,
Harry's
time
with
us
was
so
very
short,
and
even
though
the
children
kept
me
busy
enough
I
needed
a
distraction.
I
began
taking
in
boarders
in
1899
and
by
1901
I
gave
birth
to
our
third
child
John.
Through
all
the
ups
and
downs
of
daily
life.
A
dream
began
to
develop
deep
in
my
heart.
C
B
C
Ad
read
the
White
House
Hotel
West
End,
Beach,
Biloxi,
Mississippi,
beautiful
large
grounds
on
the
beach
and
electric
car
line,
boating
fishing,
good
food,
good
beds,
modern
conveniences
cottage
for
families
make
the
accommodation
ideal
for
the
seashore
rates
$1.00
to
$12
per
week.
Mrs.
Cora
white
proprietress
I
was
beside
myself
with
excitement.
Horace.
B
C
Charter
fishing
and
sailing
why
we
hired
captain
Freddy
Dugan
for
our
charter,
captain
I,
guess
raved
about
the
sport
fishing
and
they
raged
even
more
when
we
serve
the
fresh
catch
up
for
dinner.
In
our
dining
room
we
hosted
dances
and
parties
and
weddings
in
the
Grand
Ballroom,
and
we
hired
the
finest
bands
from
New
Orleans
and
the
food.
Well
I
knew
that
view
thrilled
our
guests,
but
the
food,
that's
what
kept
them
coming
back.
C
B
Had
our
own
farm
and
our
own
dairy,
which
our
son-in-law
aj
watson,
ran
in
her
original
brochure
sent
all
over
the
US
Court
declared
when
you
plan
your
vacation,
whether
it's
summer
or
winter,
do
not
fail
to
carefully
consider
the
many
advantages
Biloxi
offers.
And,
lastly,
the
home
comfort,
good,
cooking
and
southern
hospitality
afforded
by
the
management
of
the
White
House
between.
C
1910
and
1929
the
hotel
was
added
to
and
remodeled
and
began
to
take
shape
into
the
White
House
Hotel
that
most
Biloxi
ins
would
recognize
today
the
contract
for
the
1928
edition
totaled,
one
hundred
and
fifty
two
thousand
dollars.
We
can
now
entice
our
visitors
with
a
27
hole.
Golf
course
north
of
the
hotel
and
a
time
thumb
course
right
on
the
grounds
with
the
expansion
came,
a
150
foot
front,
porch,
a
total
of
145
rooms
and
a
three-story
atrium
in
the
large
expansive
lobby.
C
B
C
B
B
C
Timed
the
eggs
with
the
unveiling
of
the
fountain
with
the
weekly
Saturday
evening
summer
dance,
which
we
held
for
years.
The
fountain
quickly
became
the
spot
from
Biloxi
bathing
beauties
suppose
for
pictures
and
also
a
very
romantic
addition
for
the
couples
who
dance
cheek-to-cheek
at
the
pavilion.
It.
B
Was
wonderful,
such
wonderful
memories?
I
was
so
proud
of
you,
my
darling,
you're,
a
woman
ahead
of
your
time.
Your
drive
and
vision
help
the
era
of
Biloxi
role
as
a
Riviera
of
the
south
you'll
work
with
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
and
tourism
leaders
help
initiate
Biloxi's
evolution
from
fishing
village
to
vacation
Haven.
C
Without
your
a
belief
in
me,
your
complete
trust
and
backing
it
all
of
it
would
have
been
just
a
dream.
We
sold
the
hotel
in
1932
and
I
passed
just
a
short
two
years
later.
After
35
years
of
practicing
law
and
15
years
on,
the
bench
judge
white
passed
in
1942
and
the
grand
lady.
Why
she's
as
proud
and
beautiful,
as
ever
still
welcoming
visitors
to
indulge
in
the
beauty
that
is
Biloxi.
B
To
tell
among
this
earth
and
a
lot
some
could
articulate
and
others
not
suddenly
one
more
impatient
cried.
Who
is
the
Potter
pray
and
who
was
the
pot?
Marc
I
am,
what's
the
been
a
Potter
to
have
written
this
man?
It
was
a
date.
I
felt
the
same
exact
sensation.
Where
did
I
end
and
the
pot
begin.
We
were
as
one
to
create
something
where
there
was
once.
Nothing
is
a
single
most
satisfying
experience
in
life.
B
Didn't
the
almighty
reach
down,
scrape
the
earth
spit
in
it
and
create
item
I'm
Jose
was
fortune
Meyer
and
your
day,
I'm
remembered
as
the
foundation
of
all
Gulf
Coast
pottery
in
my
day,
I'ma
simply
following
the
footsteps
of
my
father,
Francois
Myers,
who
was
out
saying
by
birth
and
came
from
a
long
line
of
European
potters
Papa
came
to
America
in
1848.
Just
before
my
first
birthday
my
mind,
I
remained
in
County,
he
would
sent
for
us
once
he
had
settled.
He
first
tried,
Philadelphia,
didn't,
picks
Berg
and
last
found
Biloxi.
B
He
took
me
to
school
where
I
got
an
average
boys
education.
He
began
to
teach
me
to
be
a
Potter
and
share
with
me
his
discovery
that
the
mud
of
the
Sugar
Puffs
River
was
perfect
for
throwing
pots.
Papa
were
taking
me
clay,
hunting
along
the
river
and
taught
me
how
to
use
the
potter's
wheel.
He
was
very
proud
of
what
he
called
natural
town
at
about
1860
a
hurricane
struck,
Biloxi
and
our
store
came
apart.
Pottery
was
ruined
from
one
end
of
the
bay
to
the
other.
We
had
to
start
all
over.
B
We
were
ruined.
It
was
back
this
time.
Papa
was
stricken
with
rheumatism,
which
greatly
hampered
his
work.
Then
the
Civil
War
came
on
and
killed
his
business
entirely.
My
family
had
a
hard
time
getting
along
and
we
even
went
hungry.
We
raised
corn
and
chickens
to
live
on
and
there
was
plenty
of
game
in
the
woods
but
I'm
not
playing
the
ammunition
because
it
was
needed
by
the
Confederate
soldiers.
B
As
far
as
I
can
remember,
the
Yankees
never
attacked
Biloxi.
They
did
you
ship
out
and
as
a
concentration
place
and
assembled
all
their
forces,
their
men
who
did
not
wish
to
fight
or
had
scruples
against
it,
fled
the
Biloxi
and
hired
a
boat
to
take
him
across
to
ship
out
as
a
boy
I
earned
over
$50
carrying
over
three
men
to
the
island,
I
had
a
hard
time
rowing
back,
but
I
made
it.
B
My
found
work
in
your
lens
and
I
would
join
him
as
soon
as
I
could
he
was
hired
to
make
pottery
in
city
parking
at
old
milk
stable.
We
would
sell
his
pottery
in
the
French
market.
Papa
died
in
1870
and
I
continued
our
work
shortly
after
I
lost
my
father,
I
married
Felicia,
pin
you
and
invited
my
boyhood
friend
George,
or
to
come
and
learn
the
art
of
foreign
pots.
He
would
be
my
apprentice
for
two
years.
It
became
clear
even
then
that
the
student
would
surpass
the
teacher
after
his
apprenticeship,
George
travelled.
B
The
country
visiting
different
Potteries
simultaneously
I
was
courted
by
local
art
professors
to
build
a
ceramics
facility
for
the
New
Orleans
Potter.
This
would
be
the
beginning
of
the
Newcomb
art
pottery,
which
today
is
considered
one
of
the
most
significant
American
art
facilities.
In
the
first
half
of
the
20th
century,
George
came
back
and
work
two
years
with
me
at
the
Newcomb
Danny
returned
to
Biloxi,
where
he
opened
his
now
legendary
pottery
I
miss
my
friend
George
was
how
you
might
say
bigger
than
life.
B
During
my
years
at
the
Duke
remaining,
my
pottery
into
international
fairs
that
were
popularly
during
the
early
part
of
the
1900s
I
was
awarded
the
silver
medal
at
the
pan-american
exposition
in
Buffalo,
New,
York
and
again
in
1904
at
the
Louisiana
Purchase
Centennial
Exposition
in
st.
Louis.
However,
at
the
1915
panama-pacific
International
Exposition
in
San
Francisco,
the
Newcomb
College
art
pottery,
took
the
grand
prize.
What
a
proud
moment.
Indeed,
my
wife,
Alicia
and
I
actually
moved
back
to
Biloxi
for
a
while.
We
lived.
B
On
Deer,
Island
and
even
took
in
boarders
might
be
a
friend
but
mad
Potter
Biloxi,
passed
from
this
life
in
1918
and
his
wheel
was
sold
to
a
young
Potter
of
promise,
who
called
on
me
for
instruction
and
advice,
Peter
Anderson
and
his
Shearwater
pottery
of
Ocean
Springs
for
legendary.
Now
what
long
before
my
work
began,
calling
to
me
again
and
I
returned
to
the
do
come
at
this
time.
My
eyesight
and
health
began.
B
Failing
me,
I
logged
over
30
years
in
y'all
ins,
throwing
pots
and
teaching
the
arts
my
Felicia
died,
and
our
adopted
daughter
and
her
son
took
me
in
to
live
with
them
on
Felicity
Street
in
New
Orleans.
My
express
wish
was
to
return
to
Biloxi
upon
my
death,
which
occurred
in
1931.
My
body
was
returned
to
Biloxi
by
Elenin
rail
car,
while
the
Kennan,
which
ativy
parish,
met
the
train
and
escorted
me
to
this
beautiful
final
resting
place.
My
beloved
Biloxi,
where
the
pottery
and
I
became
one.
B
In
the
blunts
in
1880
he
took
a
job
as
a
clerk
in
the
mercantile
business.
After
some
hard
work,
I
was
able
to
open
my
own
grocery
store
in
Pass
Christian
Road
in
1883
I
became
part
of
a
group
of
men.
Discarded
Biloxi
volunteer
fire
company
number
one.
This
volunteer,
fire
company
would
be
Biloxi's
first
line
of
defense
in
the
event
of
a
fire.
I
became
the
chief
engineer
for
the
fire
department
and
held
the
post
foreman
for
volunteer
fire
company
number
one.
B
Our
motto
was
true
to
the
call
I
lads
were
brave,
unselfish
and
very
true
to
the
call
pardon
me
I'm
getting
ahead
of
myself.
Guess
that's
the
old
politician
in
me:
I'm
Edward,
Glennon
and
I
was
born
in
New
Orleans
in
1854,
my
father
and
mother
were
James
and
and
Glennon
hard-working
Irish
immigrants.
Our
family
came
was
a
full
working-class
family,
but
we
never
went
hungry
as
a
land.
B
New
Orleans
I
worked
for
Phillip
McCabe
stove
company
I
also
learned
the
art
of
making
tinware
and,
if
I
may
say
so,
myself,
I
became
quite
the
skilled
tenor.
My
grocery
store
was
located
on
the
south
side
of
Pass
Christian
Road,
just
west
of
Main
Street.
Some
years
later,
the
Masonic
Lodge
was
built
just
east
of
me
and
on
the
corner
in
the
backroom
of
my
store
I
practice,
my
art
as
a
tenor,
and
so
my
10
we're
creations
in
my
store.
B
I
met,
Mary
Coburn
in
Biloxi,
who
we
were
married
in
1884,
Mary
and
I
would
have
five
children,
Frances
Roy,
Ethel,
violet
and
Mabel
in
1885.
I
began
my
career
in
politics
when
I
became
treasurer
for
the
city
of
Biloxi.
I
would
serve
in
this
position
for
nine
years.
During
this
time,
Lois
Gill
and
I
joined
forces
as
bail
bondsman
for
the
city
of
Biloxi.
I
was
first
elected
to
serve
as
mayor
in
1895
to
1896.
B
During
my
term,
I
passed
ordinance
28
against
prostitution,
with
a
$10
fine
for
anyone
found
guilty
in
August
of
1896,
Lewis,
Gil
and
I
by
under
doubt,
three
ladies
arrested
convicted
and
fined
under
ordinance,
28,
sweet
mother
of
Jesus
and
all
the
little
Archangels
you're
too
small.
I
patronized
this
house,
the
law
and
Auto
League
called
for
my
impeachment
I
was
shocked
to
see
the
Biloxi
hair,
we'll
use
the
word
brothel
such
beer
floral
language
over
three
infamous
women.
B
B
As
mayor
on
many
occasions,
I
had
to
deal
with
the
eccentric
one
sunny
Sunday
morning
in
1912,
two
young,
ladies
removed
their
shoes
and
socks
and
lift
their
feet
in
the
next
second
see
a
local
lawyer
in
a
very
religious
man
took
it
upon
himself
to
lecture
and
threatened
young.
Ladies
with
legal
action,
these
young,
ladies,
were
part
of
a
company
of
entertainers.
Their
manager
called
on
me.
I
assured
him
that
no
ordinance
or
law
or
custom
had
been
broken
fact.
They
told
him.
B
The
young
ladies,
could
continue
their
waiting
while
attending
this
witty
and
humorous
musical
one
of
the
actors.
Yelled
out,
take
your
feet.
Out
of
my
ocean,
a
clever
bit
of
comedy
that
brought
about
roaring
laughter
and
applause
tragedy
struck
my
family
in
1914,
when
Mary
and
I
lost
our
eldest
son
Francis
after
a
long
illness.
B
B
I'm
Jean
Chevalier
de
Loney,
a
native
of
France
I,
was
a
master
carpenter
by
trade
and
could
read
and
write,
which
gave
me
a
distinct
advantage
in
life.
I
arrived
in
Philadelphia
in
1801,
made
my
way
to
New
Orleans
by
1819
and
laid
it
to
Biloxi
in
1820,
Biloxi,
sea
breezes
and
natural
beauty.
Enchanted
me
I
immediately
recognized
her
potential.
Surely
Michigan
New
Orleanians
would
want
to
vacation
of
Biloxi
no
the
businessman,
and
he
was
intrigued.
D
In
kora
Enochs
wad,
originally
of
Hinds
County
I
arrived
in
beautiful
Biloxi
in
1890
as
a
new
bride
I'm
married
Walter
White
a
lawyer
who
would
eventually
become
a
prominent
judge
here
on
the
Mississippi
Gulf
Coast
that
man
built
me
a
mansion
with
a
view
of
the
Mexican
see
that
was
beyond
compare
and
after
a
few
summers
of
hosting
both
my
large
family
and
Walters
large
family
I
realized
that
our
home
was
an
ideal
vacation
rental,
perhaps
even
a
hotel.
The
business
woman
in
me
was
intrigued.
E
I'm
Anthony
Tony
Toni
Ragusan
I
was
born
here
in
Biloxi
in
1902,
the
son
of
an
immigrant
Yugoslavian
fisherman.
Our
people
made
an
enormous
contribution
to
the
burgeoning
seafood
industry.
Here
in
Biloxi,
men,
like
my
father,
helped
build
Biloxi
into
the
seafood
capital
of
the
world.
I
was
only
eight
when
my
father
died
from
the
mortal
wound
received
from
a
stingray
and
by
nine
years
of
age.
I
was
working
in
the
seafood
factories
earning
just
a
few.
E
B
Paluxy
my
day
had
no
hotel
and
there
was
no
beach
road
just
a
trail
where
your
present-day
Highway
90
would
eventually
exist.
The
town
was
really
just
a
small
village,
comprised
of
fishermen,
farmers
and
craftsmen.
Most
Commerce
took
place
by
way
of
trader
barter.
I
was
residing
in
New
Orleans,
a
busy
port
city
already
experienced
in
some
industrialization.
My
children
attended
schools,
but
none
existed
in
Biloxi
before
my
first
scouting
visit
here,
I
found
a
tractor
land
right
for
development
of
vacation
rentals,
possibly
something
like
cottages.
B
D
The
ad
read
the
White
House
Hotel
West
End
Beach
Biloxi
Mississippi
beautiful
large
grounds
on
the
beach.
An
electric
car
line,
boating
fishing,
good
food,
good
beds,
modern
conveniences
cottages
for
families
make
the
accommodations
ideal
for
the
seashore
rates
eight
to
twelve
dollars
per
week.
Missus
coral
white
proprietress,
I
was
so
excited,
was
a
visionary
or
a
hole.
Only
time
with
Tayla.
E
B
B
So
I
became
a
notary
public,
a
very
prestigious
position
on
the
land,
I
purchased,
I
built,
twelve
or
so
creole-style
cottages,
small
well-built
buildings,
large
enough
to
accommodate
a
family
of
four
I'm
amortized
in
The
Times
Picayune,
enticing
wealthy
New
Orleanians
to
Biloxi,
with
image,
trees
of
seaside
rooms,
sailing
swimming
and
fishing
well
I.
It
worked
I
kept.
My
cottages
rented
became
a
businessman
and
eventually
a
hotel.
A
year,
I
tried
marriage
again,
but
was
unsuccessful.
B
I
spent
the
remainder
of
my
life,
managing
my
properties
and
enjoying
my
children
and
grandchildren.
I
lived
the
life
of
distinction
in
Biloxi,
and
even
though
it
was
not
my
birthplace,
it
was
my
home.
I
lived
the
life
of
distinction
in
Biloxi,
and
even
though
it
was
not
my
birthplace,
it
was
my
home.
One
of
my
college
has
become
the
first
permit
of
free
library
in
the
state
of
Mississippi
in
1905.
He
didn't
survive
numerous
hurricanes
and
remains
in
use
for
the
city
of
Biloxi
to
this
day.
D
Walter
and
I
turned
the
White
House
in
not
just
any
hotel,
but
a
full-fledged
resort
with
amenities
that
only
the
funnest
hotels
of
the
day
could
boast.
We
had
stables
and
tennis
courts
and
we
hosted
parties
and
dances
and
weddings
and
our
Grand
Ballroom,
and
we
hired
only
the
finest
bands
from
New
Orleans
and
the
food.
Well
I
knew
that
I
view
bewitched
I
guess,
but
the
food,
that's
what
kept
them
coming
back.
D
Now
between
1910
and
1929,
the
hotel
was
added
to
and
remodeled
it
began
to
take
shape
into
the
white
house
that
most
Biloxi
ins
would
recognize
today
and
then
Walter
got
the
idea
for
the
water
fountain
after
he
took
a
trip
to
Massachusetts
where
he
toured
the
General
Electric
Plan.
He
was
intrigued
by
a
beautiful
fountain
that
had
colorful
lights
and
cascading
waters.
He
came
back
to
Biloxi
with
the
plans
in
hand
and
today
that
water
fountain
is
a
true
Biloxi
landmark
in
the
White
House.
D
E
E
Now,
during
this
time,
I
became
privy
to
some
information
that
the
Army
Air
Corps,
wanted
to
build
a
new
training
facility
and
was
looking
for
a
location.
Well,
I
immediately
launched
into
action
and
began
lobbying.
Everybody
I
knew
to
tell
them
about
the
advantages
that
I
thought
the
city
of
Biloxi
could
offer
for
such
a
facility.
E
Finally,
after
seven
long
months
of
intense
negotiations,
the
city
of
Biloxi
and
the
federal
government
signed
an
agreement
and
in
1941
Keesler
field,
no
longer
a
dream
became
a
reality
and
Keesler
has
been
a
major
part
of
the
city
of
Biloxi's
life.
From
the
past
76
years
now,
some
people
say
that
I
put
Biloxi
on
the
map.
Well,
shucks
Biloxi
was
always
on
the
map.
I
just
helped
give
people
a
reason
for
coming.
Here
you
see
when
you
live
in
a
place
as
beautiful
and
as
historic
as
our
city.
E
B
One
nation
under
God
indivisible
with
liberty
and
justice
file.
Did
you
know
that
the
Pledge
of
Allegiance
did
not
originally
include
the
phrase
under
God
I
wager
you
didn't.
There
was
added
in
1954
when
the
Knights
of
Columbus
made
a
motion
to
add
the
phrase
to
our
pledge.
President
Eisenhower
signed
the
addition
into
law.
Why
coincidental
in
it
when
we
take
into
account
that
the
Knights
of
Columbus
are
so
named
for
Christopher
Columbus
and
the
Pledge
of
Allegiance
was
written
in
1892
to
honor
the
4th
anniversary
of
Columbus
landing
in
the
new
world?
B
You
see,
I
know
a
good
bit
about
Knights
history.
I
was
one
of
nine
men
from
Nativity
Parish
who
organized
chapter
12
44
here
in
Biloxi
in
1907
and
I
was
initiated
as
a
first
degree
night
along
with
64
others.
I
was
a
devout
and
faithful
parishioner
for
Nativity
of
the
Blessed
Virgin
Mary
Parish,
the
very
first
parish
in
the
state
of
Mississippi
to
receive
its
own
Knights
of
Columbus
Charter.
B
The
Knights
were
born
in
1882
under
father,
Mike
Roma,
give
me
and
you
Haven
Connecticut,
and
it
was
immediately
decided
that
his
fourfold
mission
would
be
charity,
unity,
paternity
and
patriotism.
It
was
quite
fitting
that
biloxi
would
be
first
in
the
state
to
have
a
Knights
organization,
and
this
is
also
the
site
of
the
very
first
Catholic
Mass
on
the
shores
of
the
Gulf
of
Mexico
in
1699
I'm,
Albert,
Duke
8,
born
in
1881,
the
eldest
child
and
son
of
wkm
and
Linda
Duque.
B
He
is
remembered
as
the
father
of
Alexi
seafood
industry
I
also
had
the
distinction
of
being
the
third
king
of
Biloxi
Mardi
Gras
in
1914
I
married
Corina
des
port
daughter
of
captain
Ernest
des
sport,
at
whose
grave
we
now
stand.
My
father-in-law
was
a
great
ambassador
for
Biloxi
and
wrote
extensively
on
Biloxi's
history,
Corinna
and
I
were
blessed
with
4
children,
William
Marjorie,
EULA
and
Albert
jr.
I,
like
my
father,
was
a
businessman.
His
success
afforded
me
an
education
at
the
Mississippi
A&M
college
and
the
Sewell
a
school
of
New
Orleans.
B
His
success
afforded
me
traveling
at
home
and
abroad.
After
my
education,
I
manage
several
a
father
seafood
processing
plants,
both
in
Biloxi
and
in
Louisiana
I,
was
involved
in
numerous
civic
organizations,
school
and
bank
boards,
and
was
the
Biloxi
Chamber
of
Commerce
president,
but
my
most
rewarding
work
I
think
was
for
Nativity
parish
in
the
Knights
of
Columbus.
The
very
first
induction
ceremony
of
knights
was
held
in
two
Duke
Aviator,
now
known
as
BancorpSouth.
B
He
was
very
special
smart
handsome
unloving.
In
my
eyes
he
was
the
perfect
son
I
had
such
high
hopes
are
serving
the
knights
with
him,
as
father
and
son
God
would
never
be.
He
ended.
World
War,
two
March
of
1943
as
a
bomber
pilot
and
US
Army,
Air
Corps
August,
the
first
the
same
year,
Albert
went
missing
in
action
day
by
day
hour
by
hour
minute.
By
minute,
we
waited
for
work
with
each
passing.
I
could
feel
the
life
leaving
my
own
body.
F
Just
two
months
and
eight
days
later,
my
father
died
of
a
terribly
broken
heart.
Yes,
that's
a
real
ailment.
He
had
fallen
into
a
deep
depression
and
was
inconsolable
a
year
later,
word
reached
mother
that
I
had
entered
the
city
of
Rome
the
day
the
Allies
arrived
I
was
alive.
You
see,
I'd
flown
the
b-24
Liberator
bomber
and
survived
a
crash,
and
the
now-famous
flesh
to
Romania
raid
only
to
be
captured
and
become
prisoner
of
war
and
served
in
two
different
camps.
F
One
of
them
was
a
Nazi
camp
where
I
survived
on
a
single
bowl
of
rice
per
day
and
watched
many
others
die
of
starvation.
In
the
end,
another
soldier
and
I
met
a
daring
escape
for
bravery.
I
was
awarded
the
flying
cross,
the
Air
Medal
and
the
Purple
Heart.
The
cost
of
freedom
is
steep,
indeed,
never
forget
those
who
have
suffered
and
died
for
our
freedom,
John
chapter
15,
verse
13
says
it
best:
greater
love,
hath,
no
man
than
this
that
a
man
should
lay
down
his
life
for
his
friends.