HLS 15RS-234 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 3
BY REPRESENTATIVE LEOPOLD
SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Recognizes Wednesday, April 29, 2015, as Plaquemines
Parish Day at the state capitol
1 A RESOLUTION
2To recognize Wednesday, April 29, 2015, as Plaquemines Parish Day at the state capitol.
3 WHEREAS, Plaquemines Parish is home to more than twenty-three thousand
4residents and is the site of many historic events and serves an important role in the oil and
5trade industries; and
6 WHEREAS, Plaquemines Parish is the parish with the most combined land and water
7area in Louisiana and is located along the last seventy miles of the Mississippi River; and
8 WHEREAS, the parish became known as Plaquemines after the French name for
9their military post, "piakimin", which means persimmon, rightfully named because of the
10numerous persimmon trees near the post; and
11 WHEREAS, Plaquemines Parish was the first place in the United States where
12shippers used a container for cargo in foreign trade; and
13 WHEREAS, Fort Jackson is a major historical site in the parish, dating back to 1822
14and built pursuant to a recommendation from General Andrew Jackson; the fort was used
15during the Civil War and was used as a training base for troops during World War I; and
16 WHEREAS, Woodland Plantation, an antebellum mansion in Plaquemines Parish,
17serves as a bed and breakfast and is depicted on the label for Southern Comfort whiskey; and
18 WHEREAS, Plaquemines Parish has significant seafood and citrus industries and is
19the largest crude oil producing parish in Louisiana; the parish is also home to Plaquemines
20Port, one of the largest ports in the United States; and
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HR NO. 3
1 WHEREAS, while the parish may be prone to flooding because of its location along
2the Mississippi River, its people remain resilient and loyal.
3 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
4Legislature of Louisiana does hereby recognize Wednesday, April 29, 2015, as Plaquemines
5Parish Day at the state capitol.
6 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
7to Amos Cormier, Jr., president of Plaquemines Parish.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HR 3 Original 2015 Regular Session Leopold
Recognizes Wednesday, April 29, 2015, as Plaquemines Parish Day at the state capitol.
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