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==Legacy==
==Legacy==
Long was inducted posthumously into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield in 1994, along with his late colleague, Longite Senator [[Allen J. Ellender]]. Also inducted was former Representative Lindy Boggs of New Orleans, widow of Representative Hale Boggs.
Long was inducted posthumously into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield in 1994, along with his late colleague, Longite Senator [[Allen J. Ellender]]. Also inducted was former Representative Lindy Boggs of New Orleans, widow of Representative Hale Boggs.
Long is remembered through the Gillis Long Center in Carville in Iberville Parish, a facility for the treatment of Hansen's disease patients, which serves additionally as headquarters for several units and programs of the Louisiana Army National Guard, and the Gillis Long Bridge across the Red River from Jackson Street in Alexandria into the main street of Pineville.
Long is remembered through the Gillis Long Center in Carville in Iberville Parish, a facility for the treatment of Hansen's disease patients, which serves additionally as headquarters for several units and programs of the Louisiana Army National Guard, and the Gillis Long Bridge across the Red River from Jackson Street in Alexandria into the main street of Pineville.
The Gillis Long Poverty Law Center of Loyola University New Orleans School of Law,<ref>[http://gilliswlongcenter.org Gillis W. Long Center site] (accessed 2011-01-10),</ref> as well as the center's Gillis Long Summer Internship Program, and Public Service Awards are named in his honor.
The Gillis Long Poverty Law Center of Loyola University New Orleans School of Law,<ref>[http://gilliswlongcenter.org Gillis W. Long Center site] (accessed January 10, 2011)</ref> as well as the center's Gillis Long Summer Internship Program, and Public Service Awards are named in his honor.
Gillis Long and his wife had two children, [http://georgelong.com/ George Harrison Long], a photographer born in 1954 and based in New Orleans, and Janis Catherine Long (born 1957), an attorney for the U.S. Trademark Office near Washington, D.C.
Gillis Long and his wife had two children, [http://georgelong.com/ George Harrison Long], a photographer born in 1954 and based in New Orleans, and Janis Catherine Long (born 1957), an attorney for the U.S. Trademark Office near Washington, D.C.