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'''New Orleans''' is the largest city in [[Louisiana]]. Originally part of the French and Spanish territories in America, it retains a great deal of French heritage.  

'''New Orleans''' is the largest city in [[Louisiana]]. Originally part of the French and Spanish territories in America, it retains a great deal of French heritage.

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 most notable 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 (a rematch of an earlier fight; in this fight Duran quit at the end of round eight saying "no mas", Spanish for "no more"), two WWE WrestleMania events, the 1988 Republican National Convention, and an address by [[Pope John Paul II]] to 80,000 children in 1987.

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 (a rematch of an earlier fight; in this fight Duran quit at the end of round eight saying "no mas", Spanish for "no more"), two WWE WrestleMania events, the 1988 Republican National Convention, and an address by [[Pope John Paul II]] to 80,000 children in 1987.

*[[Diana Bajoie]]

*[[Diana Bajoie]]

*[[Mack Barham]]

*[[Mack Barham]]

*[[Judah P. Benjamin]]

*[[Judah P. Benjamin]]

*[[Robert Billiot]]

*[[Robert Billiot]]

*[[Lane Carson]]

*[[Lane Carson]]

*[[Henry E. Chambers]]

*[[Henry E. Chambers]]

*[[Patrick Connick​​]]

*[[Patrick Connick​​]]

*[[Rob Couhig]]

*[[Rob Couhig]]

*[[Charles Milton Cunningham]]

*[[Charles Milton Cunningham]]

*[[Charles Cusimano, I]]

*[[Charles Cusimano, I]]

[[Category:Urban History]]

[[Category:Urban History]]

[[Category:The South]]

[[Category:The South]]