Blake Pontchartrain: Boat builders Higgins Industries once had an office on St. Charles Avenue
Posted on AllSides March 30th, 2024
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A historical marker in the 1700 block of St. Charles Avenue is fading, so I thought I’d ask you to give a little more detail on what it honors: the former site of Higgins Industries. What was the company’s history at that spot? The pivotal role that New Orleanian Andrew Jackson Higgins and his business, Higgins Industries, played in World War II has been well-documented. President Dwight Eisenhower, the Supreme Allied Commander during World War II, famously told historian Stephen Ambrose that Higgins was “the man who won the war...
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