LOCAL

Los Isleños Festival

Staff Writer

Gonzales Weekly Citizen

Pictured are Stephen Estopinal dressed as a 1778 Spanish soldier, Maria Candelaria Rodriguez Lorenzo from the island of Tenerife wearing that island’s traditional dress and Marie Estopinal, dressed as a citizen of the island of La Gomera during the Los Isleños Festival in St. Bernard Parish.

The Canary Islanders Heritage Society of Louisiana combined their March 2015 meeting with the Los Isleños Festival in St. Bernard Parish on March 7 and 8. Persons interested in Spanish Colonial Louisiana history or tracing their Canary Islander ancestry are invited to visit the Canary Islanders Heritage Society of Louisiana web site at www.canaryislanders.org or contact the President of the Society by email at president@canaryislanders.org.