HLS 19RS-1091 ORIGINAL
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 55
BY REPRESENTATIVE LEOPOLD
SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates April 23, 2019, as Plaquemines Parish Day
at the state capitol
1 A RESOLUTION
2To designate Tuesday, April 23, 2019, 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
5 WHEREAS, Plaquemines Parish serves an important role in the oil and trade
6industries; and
7 WHEREAS, Plaquemines Parish is the parish with the most combined land and water
8area in Louisiana, and is located along the last seventy miles of the Mississippi River; and
9 WHEREAS, the parish became known as Plaquemines after the French name for
10their military post, "piakimin", which means persimmon, a name given because of the
11numerous persimmon trees near the post; and
12 WHEREAS, Plaquemines Parish was the first place in the United States where
13shippers used a container for cargo in foreign trade; and
14 WHEREAS, Fort Jackson is a major historical site in the parish, dating back to 1822,
15and was built pursuant to a recommendation from General Andrew Jackson; the fort was
16later used during the Civil War and as a training base for troops during World War I; and
17 WHEREAS, Woodland Plantation, an antebellum mansion in Plaquemines Parish,
18serves as a bed and breakfast and is depicted on the label for Southern Comfort whiskey; and
19 WHEREAS, Plaquemines Parish has significant seafood and citrus industries and is
20the largest crude oil producing parish in Louisiana; and
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HR NO. 55
1 WHEREAS, Plaquemines Parish is also home to Plaquemines Port, one of the largest
2ports in the United States; and
3 WHEREAS, though the parish may be prone to flooding because of its location along
4the Mississippi River, its people remain resilient and loyal.
5 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
6Legislature of Louisiana does hereby designate Tuesday, April 23, 2019, as Plaquemines
7Parish Day at the state capitol.
8 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
9to Kirk Lepine, 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 55 Original 2019 Regular Session Leopold
Designates Apr. 23, 2019, as Plaquemines Parish Day at the state capitol.
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