Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville French explorer who, with his brother, Pierre LeMoyne, Sieur d'Iberville first commemorated Mardi Gras near what's now New Orleans FILE PHOTO ...

This month marks 65 years since the unveiling of the city’s monument to its founder, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville. After years of unsuccessful efforts to honor Bienville with a ...

MOBILE, Alabama – The revitalized Fort Conde officially opens Sunday, Oct. 6, with a revealing look at Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville. It would seem that our founding father, heretofore ...

NEW ORLEANS — Ever since Canadian-born French explorer Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville chose the swampy, flood-prone bend in the lower Mississippi River in 1718 as the spot for a new French ...

In 1718, a French explorer named Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville sailed down the Mississippi River to establish a new French colony on the Gulf of Mexico. This colony would expand New France ...

In 1718 Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, founded New Orleans in a location nearly surrounded by water and largely below sea level. The location was ideal for the commerce that flowed ...

Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, Minister of State for Tourism, French Nationals Abroad and Francophonie, attached to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, took part, on May 4, in the G20 tourism ...

Minister of State attached to the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne is in Les Landes today to attend the general assembly of the “Tourism and Territories” association, a ...