The young William Faulkner in New Orleans in the 1920's impressed the novelist Hamilton Basso as obviously conscious of being a Southerner, and there is no evidence that since then he has ever considered himself any less so.

One of the most delightful spots in a southern tour is the city of New Orleans.

One of the most significant advancements in design of plastics signs is the so-called trans-illuminated billboard, now being produced by several large sign manufacturers such as Advance Neon Sign Co., Los Angeles, and Industrial Electric Inc., New Orleans, La..

He is a native of New Orleans and attended Allen Elementary school, Fortier High school and Soule business college.

In this historic square are several statues, but the one that stands out over the others is that of Gen. Andrew Jackson, hero of the Battle of New Orleans.

`` A Night in New Orleans '' is the gayety planned by members of the Thrift Shop Committee for May 6 at Philmont Country Club.

The fox is all ingratiating smiles when he arrives from New Orleans, accompanied by one wharf rat.

* Étouffée-cooking a vegetable or meat in its own juices, similar to braising or what in New Orleans is called " smothering ".

Of the previously unreleased songs, " Down to the Wire " features the New Orleans pianist Dr. John with Buffalo Springfield on an item from their shelved Stampede album ; " Love Is a Rose " was a minor hit for Linda Ronstadt in 1975 ; " Winterlong " received a cover by Pixies on the Neil Young tribute album from 1989, The Bridge ; and " Campaigner " is a Young song critical of Richard Nixon.

* 1803 – The Louisiana Purchase is completed at a ceremony in New Orleans.

Dallas Cowboys punter Mat McBriar attempted a maneuver similar to a drop kick during the 2010 Thanksgiving Classic after a botched punt attempt, but the ball bounced several times before the kick and the sequence of events is officially recorded as a fumble, followed by an illegal kick, with the fumble being recovered by the New Orleans Saints 29 yards downfield from the spot of the kick.

* 1855 – Texas is linked by telegraph to the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas.

The region is anchored by the cities of Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Houston, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Biloxi, Mobile, Pensacola, Tampa, and increasingly, Sarasota, all the centers of their respective metropolitan areas and containing large ports.

Another speculation is that the word may have been inspired by the 1960 hit song " Gonzo " by New Orleans rhythm and blues pianist James Booker.

Connick, a New Orleans native, is a founder of the Krewe of Orpheus, a music-based New Orleans krewe, taking its name from Orpheus of classical mythology.

The Ich bin ein Berliner speech is in part derived from a speech Kennedy gave at a Civic Reception on May 4, 1962, in New Orleans ; there also he used the phrase civis Romanus sum by saying " Two thousand years ago the proudest boast was to say, " I am a citizen of Rome.

Longform improvisation is especially performed in Chicago, New York City, San Francisco, Seattle, Los Angeles and has a growing following in Minneapolis, Kansas City, Austin and New Orleans.

A fundamental rhythmic figure heard in Gottschalk's compositions such as " Souvenirs From Havana " ( 1859 ), many different slave musics of the Caribbean, as well as the bamboula, and other Afro-Caribbean folk dances performed in New Orleans Congo Square, is the three-stroke pattern known in Cuban music as tresillo.

A third approach is to maintain a steady, busy bass-line, like a New Orleans pianist.

Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans.

Temperatures are generally mildly warm in the winter in the southern part of the state, with highs around New Orleans, Baton Rouge, the rest of south Louisiana, and the Gulf of Mexico averaging 66 ° F ( 19 ° C ), while the northern part of the state is mildly cool in the winter with highs averaging 59 ° F ( 15 ° C ).

Louisiana is often affected by tropical cyclones and is very vulnerable to strikes by major hurricanes, particularly the lowlands around and in the New Orleans area.

In the United States Congress, it is represented by Rep. Jeff Landry ( R-New Iberia ), Sen. Mary Landrieu ( D-New Orleans ) and Sen. David Vitter ( R-Metairie ).

L. Mason Spencer, husband of Rosa Sevier Spencer, represented Madison Parish in the Louisiana House and planned to run for governor of Louisiana in 1935 but withdrew his candidacy, and victory went to Richard Leche of New Orleans.

At its roots, New Orleans style Jazz ( which influenced Chicago Jazz ) represented an assimilation of Southern black traditions carried over from their African heritage mixed with white European traditions.

He represented New Orleans ' Twelfth Ward in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1960 to 1966, served on the New Orleans City Council as a member at-large from 1966 to 1970 and was the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under U. S. President Jimmy Carter from 1979 – 1981.

She was also the great-granddaughter on her father's side of Oakes Ames ( 1804 – 1873 ), an industrialist and congressman who was impeached in the Crédit Mobilier railroad scandal of 1872 ; and Governor-General of New Orleans Benjamin Franklin Butler, an American lawyer and politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives and later served as the 33rd Governor of Massachusetts.

On the national level, Orleans is a part of Massachusetts's 10th congressional district, and is currently represented by William R. Keating.

He represented, which includes much of the greater New Orleans area.

Pollack's work is now represented in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Stanford University, and the New Orleans Museum of Art.

Von Bruenchenhein's work is represented in various museum collections, including: American Folk Art Museum, New York ; High Museum of Art, Atlanta ; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston ; John Michael Kohler Arts Center, ( Sheboygan, WI ); Milwaukee Art Museum ; New Orleans Museum of Art ; Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, Chicago ; Newark Museum ; Philadelphia Museum of Art ; and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D. C.

From 2004 to 2008, Boasso represented Senate District 1, which includes parts of Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, and St. Tammany parishes, many of those areas having been devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

* 1918 – shells Nauset Beach, in Orleans, Massachusetts.

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The ship, however, made one last American port call ; he was caught in New Orleans and sent back to Massachusetts to serve out his prison term.

* Orleans, Massachusetts

Louis Philippe is also thought to have met Isaac Snow of Orleans, Massachusetts, who had escaped to France from a British prison hulk during the American Revolution.

Major Chinatowns emerged in Boston and Lowell, Massachusetts ; Detroit, Michigan ; Corpus Christi, Texas ; Camden and Trenton, New Jersey ; Chicago ; Los Angeles, South Los Angeles, Oakland, San Francisco and San Diego, California ; New York City ; New Orleans ; Akron, Ohio ; Cincinnati, Ohio ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; Portland, Oregon ; Seattle ; Vancouver ; Toronto ; Montreal and other major cities.

" One of Garrison's " Black List " columns reported that a shipper from Garrison's home town of Newburyport, Massachusetts — one Francis Todd — was involved in the slave trade, and that he had recently had slaves shipped from Baltimore to New Orleans on his ship Francis.

Museum of Modern Art, New York ; Baltimore ; Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts ; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago ; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis ; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa ; Detroit Institute of Arts ; Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, Texas ; New Orleans Museum of Art ; Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, California ; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston ; Florida Center for the Arts, University of South Florida, Tampa ; and Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign.

All brothers except Charles, who lived in Massachusetts, had been living in New Orleans ; but following Hurricane Katrina in 2005 Cyril and Aaron moved out of the city.

It is mostly found in the moist soil of river valleys ranging from southeastern South Dakota to New Orleans and central Texas, and as far east as eastern Massachusetts.

After waiting a few years and maintaining his business, Johnson was able to persuade an acquaintance in 1932 to open a second Howard Johnson's restaurant in Orleans, Massachusetts.

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Orleans is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in the town of Orleans in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.

Orleans is a New England town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, which is co-extensive with Cape Cod.

For geographic and demographic information on the census-designated place Orleans, please see the article Orleans ( CDP ), Massachusetts.

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