8:00 am     Registration

8:30 am     Welcome and Introduction

                   William Stark, Director, LSU Rural Life Museum

                   Dr. Trenton James

Louisiana's German Coast: A Tricentennial 

Jay M. Schexnaydre, President, German-Acadian Coast Historical & Genealogical Society 

German Influence on Louisiana Foodways

Jennie Merrill, Director of Education, Southern Food and Beverage Museum

 Lunch

From the Bottom of the European Feudal System to the Master of the House in Two Generations:

The German Coast Families of Evergreen Plantation

                     Jane Boddie, Director of Evergreen Plantation

"Meet the Speakers“ Reception