HLS 23RS-1026 ORIGINAL
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 126
BY REPRESENTATIVE CORMIER
SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Recognizes May 16, 2023, as Plaquemines Parish Day
at the state capitol
1 A RESOLUTION
2To recognize Tuesday, May 16, 2023, 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. 126
1 WHEREAS, Plaquemines Parish is also home to Plaquemines Port, one of the largest
2ports in the United States; and
3 WHEREAS, Isabela Rivera reigns as the current Orange Queen with great distinction
4and dedication, along with her Orange King Jody Guilbeau, while Kadence Tassin reigns as
5the current Teen Orange Queen, and Bentlei Versowsky holds the title of Orange Blossom;
6and
7 WHEREAS, pageant winners for the 2023 seafood court include Seafood Queen
8Catherine Blondiau, Teen Seafood Queen Amy Hochhalter, and Pearl Carley Morse.
9 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
10Legislature of Louisiana does hereby designate Tuesday, May 16, 2023, as Plaquemines
11Parish Day at the state capitol.
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 126 Original 2023 Regular Session Cormier
Recognizes May 16, 2023, as Plaquemines Parish Day at the state capitol.
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