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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.

==2020 Black Lives matter riots==

==2020 Black Lives matter riots==

[[File:LaToya Cantrell.PNG|right|300px|thumb|New Orleans Democrat mayor LaToya Cantrell making an obscene gesture a group of constituents.<ref>https://www.kalb.com/2023/02/19/mayor-cantrell-seen-yelling-making-obscene-gesture-passing-carnival-float/</ref>]]

[[File:LaToya Cantrell.PNG|right|300px|thumb|New Orleans Democrat mayor LaToya Cantrell making an obscene gesture at a group of constituents.<ref>https://www.kalb.com/2023/02/19/mayor-cantrell-seen-yelling-making-obscene-gesture-passing-carnival-float/</ref>]]

{{See also|2020 Marxist insurrection}}

{{See also|2020 Marxist insurrection}}

New Orleans: Democrat Mayor LaToya Cantrell praised [[Black Lives Matter]] until a mob converged on her home. ''NOLA'' reported:

New Orleans: Democrat Mayor LaToya Cantrell praised [[Black Lives Matter]] until a mob converged on her home. ''NOLA'' reported:

{{quotebox-float|Cantrell issued a scathing rebuke of their actions, saying they scared her daughter and should take their concerns to state lawmakers.  In an open letter released late Tuesday, Cantrell praised the Black Lives Matter movement that has inspired protests across the nation in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd, but condemned demonstrators who used the movement’s rallying cry when they converged on her home.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/06/new-orleans-mayor-latoya-cantrell-cheers-black-lives-matter-except-outside-house/</ref>}}

{{quotebox-float|Cantrell issued a scathing rebuke of their actions, saying they scared her daughter and should take their concerns to state lawmakers.  In an open letter released late Tuesday, Cantrell praised the Black Lives Matter movement that has inspired protests across the nation in the wake of the police killing of [[George Floyd]], but condemned demonstrators who used the movement’s rallying cry when they converged on her home.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/06/new-orleans-mayor-latoya-cantrell-cheers-black-lives-matter-except-outside-house/</ref>}}

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==Music==

==Music==

        

        

Suddenly, the battle on the west bank became critical. Jackson did not make adequate preparations to meet the advance there until the British began their movement, and by then it was too late. The heavy guns of a battery posted on the west bank were not placed to command an attack along that side of the river; and only about 800 militia, divided in two groups a mile apart, were in position to oppose Thornton. The Americans resisted stubbornly, inflicting greater losses than they suffered, but the British pressed on, routed them, and overran the battery. Had the British continued their advance, Jackson’s position would have been critical; but Pakenham’s successor in command, appalled by the repulse of the main assault, ordered Thornton to withdraw from the west bank and rejoin the main force. For ten days the shattered remnant of Pakenham’s army remained in camp unmolested by the Americans, then reembarked and sailed away.  

Suddenly, the battle on the west bank became critical. Jackson did not make adequate preparations to meet the advance there until the British began their movement, and by then it was too late. The heavy guns of a battery posted on the west bank were not placed to command an attack along that side of the river; and only about 800 militia, divided in two groups a mile apart, were in position to oppose Thornton. The Americans resisted stubbornly, inflicting greater losses than they suffered, but the British pressed on, routed them, and overran the battery. Had the British continued their advance, Jackson’s position would have been critical; but Pakenham’s successor in command, appalled by the repulse of the main assault, ordered Thornton to withdraw from the west bank and rejoin the main force. For ten days the shattered remnant of Pakenham’s army remained in camp unmolested by the Americans, then reembarked and sailed away.  

    [[Image:Storm gustav.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Mon Sep 1, 2008, 3:25 AM, before "[[Hurricane Gustav]]", a man hauls bags down Bourbon Street in the French Quarter.]]   

[[Image:Storm gustav.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Mon Sep 1, 2008, 3:25 AM, before "[[Hurricane Gustav]]", a man hauls bags down Bourbon Street in the French Quarter.]]   

The British appeared off Mobile on February 8, confirming Jackson’s fear that they planned an attack in that quarter. They overwhelmed Fort Bowyer, a garrison manned by 360 regulars at the entrance to Mobile Harbor. Before they could attack the city itself, however, word arrived that a treaty had been signed at Ghent on Christmas Eve, two weeks before the Battle of New Orleans. The most lopsided victory of the war, which helped propel Andrew Jackson to the Presidency, had been fought after the war was officially over.

The British appeared off Mobile on February 8, confirming Jackson’s fear that they planned an attack in that quarter. They overwhelmed Fort Bowyer, a garrison manned by 360 regulars at the entrance to Mobile Harbor. Before they could attack the city itself, however, word arrived that a treaty had been signed at Ghent on Christmas Eve, two weeks before the Battle of New Orleans. The most lopsided victory of the war, which helped propel Andrew Jackson to the Presidency, had been fought after the war was officially over.

===Hurricane Katrina 2005===

===Hurricane Katrina 2005===

Hurricane Katrina passed east of New Orleans on August 29, 2005.  

[[Hurricane Katrina]] passed east of New Orleans on August 29, 2005.  

According to the report from the American Society of Civil Engineers,<ref>"THE NEW ORLEANS HURRICANE PROTECTION SYSTEM: What Went Wrong and Why, A Report by the American Society of Civil Engineers Hurricane Katrina External Review Panel"</ref> <blockquote>

According to the report from the American Society of Civil Engineers,<ref>"THE NEW ORLEANS HURRICANE PROTECTION SYSTEM: What Went Wrong and Why, A Report by the American Society of Civil Engineers Hurricane Katrina External Review Panel"</ref> <blockquote>

*[[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]]

*[[Tony Ligi]]

*[[Tony Ligi]]

*[[Nicholas Lorusso]]

*[[Nicholas Lorusso]]

*[[Rob Maness]]

*[[Rob Maness]]

*[[John McDonogh]]

*[[John McDonogh]]

*[[Chep Morrison|deLesseps Story Morrison, Sr.]]

*[[Chep Morrison|deLesseps Story Morrison, Sr.]]

*[[Jacob Haight Morrison, IV]]

*[[Jacob Haight Morrison, IV]]

*[[Charles Edmund Nash]]

*[[Charles Edmund Nash]]

*[[Elwyn Nicholson]]

*[[Elwyn Nicholson]]

*[[Andrew Querbes]]

*[[Andrew Querbes]]

*[[Grover Rees, III]]

*[[Grover Rees, III]]

*[[Henry Hobson Richardson]]

*[[Henry Hobson Richardson]]

*[[Beth Rickey]]

*[[Beth Rickey]]

*[[Edward Ripoll]]

*[[Edward Ripoll]]

*[[Cokie Roberts]]

*[[Cokie Roberts]]

*[[Steve Scalise]]

*[[Steve Scalise]]

*[[Jennie Ogden Schneider]]

*[[Jennie Ogden Schneider]]

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