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THE FIRST CEMETERY IN BATON ROUGE WAS THE CEMETERY OF LA YGLESIA DE LOS DOLORES DE LA VIRGIN, OUR LADY OF SORROWS, ESTABLISHED IN 1792 BY ORDER OF KING CARLOS OF SPAIN. THIS PRESENT CEMETERY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1824 AND THE REMAINS OF BATON ROUGES FIRST SETTLERS WERE MOVED HERE FROM THE ORIGINAL SPANISH CEMETERY.

This monument is erected in their memory by grateful citizens and parishioners in 1991.