Ione E. Burden Symposium
LSU Rural Life Museum 4560 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808
Three hundred years after the settlement of Louisiana's German Coast, our state's German communities are the subject of this year's Ione E. Burden Symposium. Speakers from the German-Acadian Coast Historical & Genealogical Society, from the Southern Food & Beverage Museum, and from Evergreen Plantation will speak on aspects of Louisiana culture influenced by its German families. 8 am–2 pm, with a "Meet the Speakers" reception to follow. $40; $20 for Friends of the Rural Life Museum; $10 for LSU students—includes lunch and a speakers reception. lsu.edu/rurallife.