Youngsville’s Foster Park preserves history as former WWII POW camp

Youngsville’s Foster Park preserves history as former WWII POW camp

A patch of land in Youngsville is helping preserve a piece of American history.Today, families visit Foster Park to play and spend time together. But during World War II, the land served a very different purpose it was one of many locations in Louisiana selected to house German prisoners of war.The prisoners helped local farmers overcome a labor shortage as many men were serving overseas.When they got here and realized the war was over, they wer…