Isaac Delgado Remembered on Founder’s Day, November 23

   


Delgado Community College students placed a memorial wreath at the tomb of Isaac Delgado in Metairie Cemetery this morning, November 23, Founder’s Day at the college. Isaac Delgado, the businessman/philanthropist whose gift established the school in 1921 — 90 years ago — was born in Jamaica on Nov. 23, 1839. The placing of the memorial wreath at Delgado’s tomb on Founder’s Day is a tradition observed by generations of Delgado students. The event was sponsored by the Delgado Student Government Association. WGNO-TV, Channel 26, will broadcast a story about the ceremony today

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