Looking North for October 8, 2009

• By JAMES MINTON
• Advocate Baker - Zachary bureau
• Published: Oct 8, 2009 - Page: 3B

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Audubon State Historic Site, on La. 965 in West Feliciana Parish, celebrates on Saturday the 230th anniversary of the Battle of Baton Rouge, an often overlooked battle of the American Revolutionary War in the West Florida colony.

Spanish Gen. Bernardo Galvez, along with American troops, captured the British military post and garrison at Baton Rouge on Sept. 21, 1779, ending British control of the Mississippi Valley.

From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, visitors can see demonstrations of early 1800s crafts. The program also includes flintlock musket demonstrations, camp life talks, and talks on the clothing of the day. Southeast Regional Archaeologist Rob Mann will speak on historic Galveztown, and Raymond Berthelot, chief of interpretive services for the Office of State Parks, will discuss Gen. Galvez.

The event begins a series of Audubon programs to commemorate the movement of West Feliciana Parish from Spanish territory to the West Florida Republic.

Cemetery group meets

The Redwood Cemetery Association will hold its annual meeting at 2 p.m. Sunday in the recreation hall of Redwood Baptist Church, La. 412 east of Slaughter. Area residents with relatives buried in the cemetery are invited to attend.

Buffaloes come home

Baker High School is celebrating homecoming this week, with the homecoming court’s presentation at 6 p.m. today in the school gym; the homecoming parade at 1 p.m. Friday and the homecoming game at 7 p.m.

Artists of the month

The East Feliciana Parish Clerk of Court’s Office is displaying the works of three artists this month: Debbie McCollister Shirley, Alice Kent and Susan Ricketts Trahan, all of Clinton. The office is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Clinton gala set

EFCC Inc. will hold a “Bon Temps ‘True Blood’ Costume Gala” from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Oct. 17 at the Wildflower Inn in Clinton. The nonprofit organization is raising money to renovate the 1938 Clinton High School building for use as a community center.

The event will feature food, fun, music, door prizes, a silent auction, costume awards in several categories, as well as a display of photos taken by Clintonians and visitors of the HBO filming of “True Blood” in Clinton this summer.