Posted on November 9, 2020
Jazz! Cajun! Creole! Mardi Gras!
Louisiana – including its most famous city – New Orleans – has brought a lot of flavor to the United States, both literally and figuratively speaking!
From the Natchez and Choctaw and Chitimacha native peoples to French explorers and Acadian (French Canadian) transplants, from finally freed African Americans to folks with Caribbean and English and German and Spanish ancestries…
Wow, talk about a melting pot!
Enjoy this smattering of Louisiana’s gifts to the rest of us:
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| Above, beignets, a yummy New Orleans treat. Below, next four pictures: Cajun and Creole cooking are popular tourist attractions AND exports for Louisiana! |
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| Below, a variety of Louisiana and New Orleans attractions, from Mardi Gras and historic buildings to voodoo shops and plantations. |
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Below, three genres of music that had beginnings in Louisiana, the Mississippi River area, and/or New Orleans: |
Also on this date:
World Freedom Day
Anniversary of the first use of limelight
Iqbal Day in Pakistan
Astronomer Carl Sagan’s birthday
(a.k.a.Sagan Day)
Anniversary of the discovery of Darmstadtium
Anniversary of the Great Northeast Blackout
Astronomer Benjamin Banneker’s birthday
Remembering Kristallnacht
State Flag Day in Azerbaijan
Birthday of doctor and med school professor Florence R. Sabin
Plan ahead:
Check out my Pinterest boards for:
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November holidays
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November birthdays
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Historical anniversaries in November
And here are my Pinterest boards for:
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December holidays
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December birthdays
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Historical anniversaries in December