Declaration of Independence: Fort St. Jean Baptiste and Cane River DAR

Front row from left, Alvin Metoyer, Nick Mertz, Gage Pinckley, Chris Sylvia, Justin French and Jeremy McCormick. Back row from left, Minnie Metoyer, Nazy LaCour, Peggy Aycock, Mary Fosson, Valley Pinckley, Yolande Pinckney, Laney Sylvie, Carolyn DunnMiller and Robert DunnMiller.
Front row from left, Alvin Metoyer, Nick Mertz, Gage Pinckley, Chris Sylvia, Justin French and Jeremy McCormick. Back row from left, Minnie Metoyer, Nazy LaCour, Peggy Aycock, Mary Fosson, Valley Pinckley, Yolande Pinckney, Laney Sylvie, Carolyn DunnMiller and Robert DunnMiller.

Fort St. Jean Baptiste State Historic Site and Cane River Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution presented a re-enactment of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence at the Park’s fort Sept. 26. Park employees and members of the Cane River Chapter and friends dressed in period costumes as Regent Peggy Aycock read a history of the signing of the historic document and its significance t…