Lake Charles High School Kilties

The Kilties were built for halftimes. KPLC's account says the drill team, organized in 1939, wore tailored uniforms with braided shoulders and a shawl, and spent more than 40 years in parades and stadium shows. Their appearances in the Sugar Bowl and the Cotton Bowl brought national notice, and their intricate field formations may have influenced later halftime designs. The group ended when Lake Charles High School merged with Boston High School. McNeese State University's library keeps a special archive honoring them, and a local artist recreates the uniforms on porcelain dolls.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Imperial Calcasieu Museum — 0.5 mi
  Lake Charles's history museum, founded by the Junior League in 1963, with parish artifacts, Claire Chennault's uniform and the Sallier Oak.
• Mardi Gras Museum of Imperial Calcasieu — 1.1 mi
  A 6,000-square-foot museum of southwest Louisiana Carnival with about 275 costume mannequins and 14 animated figures, opened in April 2026.
• Sam Houston Jones State Park — 6.0 mi
  A 1,087-acre park on the West Fork of the Calcasieu with longleaf pine, cypress-tupelo swamp, five trails, cabins and kayak rentals.
• Creole Nature Trail Adventure Point — 9.5 mi
  A free visitor center at the western gateway of Louisiana's only All-American Road, with exhibits on alligators, migrating songbirds and the estuary.

More markers nearby

• Captain Daniel Johannes Goos — 0.5 mi
• Majestic Hotel — 0.6 mi
• The Arcade Theatre and Miller Building, the Paramount and the Weber Building — 0.6 mi
• Louisiana Baptist Orphanage — 0.6 mi