Metairie Cemetery Walking Tour

Metairie Cemetery Walking Tour

When you tour with non-profit Save Our Cemeteries you are helping to preserve and protect the historic cemeteries of New Orleans. Our tours are small (usually under 15 people) and historically accurate.

Named by Forbes as one of ten of “America’s Best Cemeteries.” The cemetery was established in 1872 on a former racetrack, which is why the cemetery follows an oval layout. Metairie Cemetery holds the graves of over 9,000 people, including at least nine Louisiana governors, seven New Orleans mayors, 49 kings of Carnival, and three Confederate generals. Bandleaders Louis Prima and Al Hirt, restauranteurs Al Copeland and Ruth Fertel, and former Saints and Pelicans’ owner Tom Benson are also interred here.

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70124, USA

Tour Metairie Cemetery

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes