Ongoing Downtown Events

Old State Capitol / The Boggs Family Legacy

When: Thursday, November 17 2022 - October 15 2023, 8:00am - 5:00pm

For more than forty years, a member of the Boggs family represented Louisiana’s Second Congressional District – and most of New Orleans— in the House of Representatives. In addition to working for their constituents in Louisiana, Hale and Lindy Boggs were strong supporters of the national Democratic Party and its platform at a time when many Southern Democrats sought to distance themselves from the national party. Their children also joined in the “family business” of politics in a variety of ways—as a mayor, a lobbyist, and a journalist.