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2019 Regular Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 130
BY SENATOR BISHOP
SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH. Designates Wednesday, May 15, 2019, as New Orleans
Day at the state capitol and commends the city of New Orleans.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To designate Wednesday, May 15, 2019, as New Orleans Day at the state capitol, and
3 commends the city of New Orleans.
4 WHEREAS, Louisiana is nationally and internally recognized as perhaps the most
5 unique state in the nation; with an amazing variety of natural and cultural attractions and
6 significant historical sites, the city of New Orleans plays a vital role in the distinction that
7 Louisiana enjoys; and
8 WHEREAS, the city of New Orleans was founded in 1718 by Jean Baptiste
9 Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville; it is called the Crescent City because of its location on a sharp
10 bend, or crescent, on the Mississippi River; the original town was given a French name,
11 Vieux Carré, which translates to French Quarter in English; and
12 WHEREAS, Louisiana is the very fabric of the city of New Orleans; and
13 WHEREAS, the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana recognizes the global
14 prominence of the city of New Orleans as a world class city and home to one of America's
15 largest ports; and
16 WHEREAS, the Senate also recognizes the many economic, cultural, and artistic
17 contributions of the city of New Orleans to the state of Louisiana; and
18 WHEREAS, it is the people of many cultural backgrounds who have contributed to
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1 the wonderful mixture of sights, sounds, smells, and tastes that makes New Orleans the
2 remarkably distinctive place it is today.
3 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
4 does hereby designate Wednesday, May 15, 2019, as New Orleans Day at the state capitol,
5 does hereby commend the city of New Orleans, and does hereby urge and request that this
6 special day be observed with appropriate recognition of the unique culture and history of the
7 Crescent City.
8 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
9 Honorable John Bel Edwards, governor of the state of Louisiana, and the Honorable
10 LaToya Cantrell, mayor of the city of New Orleans.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jerry J. Guillot.
DIGEST
SR 130 Original 2019 Regular Session Bishop
Designates May 15, 2019, as New Orleans Day at the state capitol, commends the city of
New Orleans, and requests that the day be observed with appropriate recognition of the
unique culture and history of the Crescent City.
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