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Louisiana Alligator [1] The culture of Louisiana involves its music, food, religion, clothing, language, architecture, art, literature, games, and sports. Often, these elements are the basis for one of the many festivals in the state. Louisiana, while sharing many similarities to its neighbors along the Gulf Coast, is unique in the influence of ...
Louisiana; Other names: Louisiana flag, Pelican flag: Use: Civil and state flag: Proportion: 13∶20: Adopted: July 1, 1912 () (modifications in 2006 and 2010) Design: A rectangular field of blue with the arms of Louisiana, the pelican vulning herself, in white in the center, with a ribbon beneath, also in white, containing in blue the state motto, "Union Justice Confidence".
Antebellum Louisiana was a leading slave state, where by 1860, 47% of the population was enslaved. Louisiana seceded from the Union on January 26, 1861, joining the Confederate States of America. New Orleans, the largest city in the entire South at the time, and strategically important port city, was taken by Union troops on April 25, 1862.
Louisiana entrance sign off Interstate 20 in Madison Parish east of Tallulah. Louisiana[ pronunciation 1 ] (French: Louisiane [lwizjan] ⓘ; Spanish: Luisiana [lwiˈsjana]; Louisiana Creole: Lwizyàn) [ b ] is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and ...
29°57′27″N 90°03′50″W / 29.957449°N 90.063828°W / 29.957449; -90.063828 (The Cabildo) Orleans. Late 18th-century building on Jackson Square; city hall from the colonial era through early 19th century; now one of the properties of the Louisiana State Museum. 3. George Washington Cable House.
Lafayette, Louisiana. Lafayette (/ ˌlæfiˈɛt, ˌlɑːf -/ LA (H)-F-ee-ET, French: [lafajɛt]) is the most populous city in and parish seat of Lafayette Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana, [3] located along the Vermilion River. It is Louisiana's fourth-most populous city with a 2020 census population of 121,374; [4] the consolidated city ...
Bossier City, Louisiana. Bossier City (/ ˈboʊʒər / BOH-zhər) is a city in Bossier Parish in the northwestern region of the state of Louisiana in the United States. [3] It is the second-most populous city in the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan statistical area. In 2020, it had a total population of 62,701, up from 61,315 in 2010.
French Louisiana was one of the districts of New France. [1] Beginning in 1682 this region, known in French as la Louisiane française, [2] functioned as an administrative district of New France. It extended from the Gulf of Mexico to Vincennes, now in Indiana. France ceded the region to Spain and Britain in 1763 after the French and Indian War ...