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list notability as major event destination.
Perhaps best known as the city that gave birth to [[Jazz]], New Orleans is also the location of the annual [[Mardi Gras]] on the eve of [[Lent]]. In August 2005 [[Hurricane Katrina]] broke its levee defense system and caused widespread devastation, but the city has been rebuilt since then.
Perhaps best known as the city that gave birth to [[Jazz]], New Orleans is also the location of the annual [[Mardi Gras]] on the eve of [[Lent]]. In August 2005 [[Hurricane Katrina]] broke its levee defense system and caused widespread devastation, but the city has been rebuilt since then.
It is a prominent tourist destination as well as a destination for major events, having hosted eight [[Super Bowl]]s, four College Football National Championship games, five NCAA Basketball Final Fours, the (infamous) Roberto Duran-Sugar Ray Leonard "no mas" boxing match (where Duran quit during the match), two WWE WrestleMania events, the 1988 Republican National Convention, and an address by [[Pope John Paul II]] to 80,000 children in 1987.
===Battle of New Orleans 1815===
===Battle of New Orleans 1815===
A major British invasion force was defeated in Jan. 1815 by General [[Andrew Jackson]], during the [[War of 1812]].
A major British invasion force was defeated in Jan. 1815 by General [[Andrew Jackson]], during the [[War of 1812]].