9 a.m.

Registration
 

10 a.m.

Welcome and Opening Remarks
Daniel Hammer, Executive Director/President

Jim Henderson, former sports director of WWL-TV

Riding a Tandem Down St. Charles Avenue: How the Bicycle Changed Women’s Lives in New Orleans and Beyond During the 1890s
Sue Macy, Independent Author

Ala-Cous Stickball: Revitalizing a Historic Sport
Krista Langley, Natural Resource Specialist, USDA Forest Service

Lunch (on your own)
 

1:30 p.m.

Post-lunch remarks
John H. Lawrence, Director of Museum Programs

1:45 p.m.

The Olympic Club of New Orleans
S. Derby Gisclair, author

2:30 p.m.

Break

2:45 p.m.

All the Lovers of the Sport Should Meet in New Orleans: Slavery and Freedom at the Racetrack
Katherine Mooney, James P. Jones Associate Professor of History, Florida State University

3:30 p.m.

A Conversation with John Mecom Jr., founding owner of the Saints
with Mark Cave, Oral Historian, The Historic New Orleans Collection

4 p.m.

Closing remarks