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State Instrument Image Date & Citation Arkansas: Fiddle: 1985 [1] Hawaii: Ukulele (ʻauana/contemporary musical instrument) 2015 [2] Pahu (kahiko/traditional musical instrument) Kentucky: Appalachian dulcimer: 2001 [3] "Mighty Wurlitzer" organ (theater pipe organ) 2005 [4] Louisiana: Cajun accordion: 1990 [5] Missouri: Fiddle: 1987 [6] New ...
The FIPS state alpha code for each U.S. states and the District of Columbia are identical to the postal abbreviations by the United States Postal Service. From September 3, 1987, the same was true of the alpha code for each of the outlying areas, with the exception of U.S. Minor Outlying Islands (UM) as the USPS routes mail for these islands ...
Connecticut and Rhode Island do not use any sub-state codes, with site identifiers consisting of the state abbreviation and a sequential number series for the whole state. Delaware uses a single letter code for counties and adds a block code (A-K) within each county, with sequential numbers for each block.
However, North Louisiana's lasting contribution to the world of popular music was the radio program The Louisiana Hayride, which started broadcasting in 1948 on KWKH in Shreveport. Hank Williams , George Jones , Johnny Cash , Elvis Presley and nearly every other country legend, or future country legend alive during the 1950s stepped on stage at ...
In the United States of America, state library agencies established in each state have long been a catalyst for a great deal of the motivation for public library cooperation. This has been since the founding of the movement, starting in 1890 when Massachusetts created a state Board of Library Commissioners charged to help communities establish ...
The Louisiana State Archives, established 1956, is the agency under the Secretary of State of Louisiana "designated to fulfill the function of directing a program of collecting, preserving, and making available for use the state's historical records" [1] Located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the archives house records from the Spanish, French, and early American past of the state, including vital ...
This is a list of WikiProjects, main articles, outlines, indexes, state websites, government agencies, and Wikipedia portals for the United States of America and its 50 states, 1 federal district, and 5 territories.
"You Are My Sunshine" is an American standard of old-time and country music and the state song of Louisiana. Its original writer is disputed. [2] [3] [4] According to the performance rights organization BMI, by the year 2000 the song had been recorded by over 350 artists and translated into 30 languages.