Levees.org and Irvin Mayfield Jr. Unveil Plaque at Levee Breach Site | levees.org

On the 6th Anniversary of the Worst Civil Engineering History in US History, levees org is releasing this is 3-part feature length video.



First is the installation of the state-approved Historic Plaque at ground zero of the London Avenue Canal east side breach site by members of the Gentilly community. Next is the Unveiling Ceremony held on May 20, 2011. The final scene is Irvin Mayfield Jr playing a moving 2-minute version of "A Closer Walk With Thee" on the Elysian Trumpet, hand-built by David Monette, and dedicated to the memory of Irvin Mayfield, Sr. and all of the victims of the flooding on August 29, 2005 during Hurricane Katrina. The final scene is the release of two doves by Big Chief Clarence Dalcour of the Tribe Creole Osceola.

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