Statue of Liberty (UNESCO/NHK)
Made in Paris by the French sculptor Bartholdi, in collaboration with Gustave Eiffel (who was responsible for the steel framework), this towering monument to liberty was a gift from France on the centenary of American independence in 1886. Standing at the entrance to New York Harbour, it has welcomed millions of immigrants to the United States ever since.
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New Orleans, Louisiana - Louis Armstrong Park (2020)
Louis Armstrong Park is a 32-acre (130,000 m2) park located in the Tremé neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, just across Rampart Street from the French Quarter.
In the 1960s a controversial urban renewal project leveled a substantial portion of the Tremé neighborhood adjacent to Congo Square. After a decade of debate, the City created the present-day park from that land. This park was designed by New Orleans architect Robin Riley and was named after New Orleans-born Jazz legend Louis Armstrong.
The footprint of the present-day park contains the New Orleans Municipal Auditorium, the Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts and several buildings owned by the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park. The portion of the park immediately in front of the New Orleans Municipal Auditorium is the site of Congo Square, formerly known as Beauregard Square, famous for its role in the history of African American music and spiritual practice.
Some elements of the park's design have been subject to critique throughout the years. Residents of the adjacent Tremé and French Quarter neighborhoods have called for the removal of the large fence that separates the park from surrounding areas and for incorporating the large concrete parking lots in the rear of the park into the park's greenspace. The presence of these parking lots are often attributed to high rates of subsidence and flooding along N. Villere Street.
Louis Armstrong Park was home to the first New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in 1970. While that festival has moved to the larger space of New Orleans Fairgrounds, Armstrong Park has more recently been the home of many other events, including the Jazz in the Park free concert series, the Treme Creole Gumbo Fest, and the Louisiana Cajun & Zydeco Festival.
Monuments include a 12-foot statue of Louis Armstrong. by Elizabeth Catlett, a bust of Sidney Bechet, and a depiction of Buddy Bolden.
The French Quarter, also known as the Vieux Carré, is the oldest neighborhood in the city of New Orleans. After New Orleans (La Nouvelle-Orléans in French) was founded in 1718 by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, the city developed around the Vieux Carré (Old Square in English), a central square. The district is more commonly called the French Quarter today, or simply The Quarter, related to changes in the city with American immigration after the Louisiana Purchase. Most of the extant historic buildings were constructed either in the late 18th century, during the city's period of Spanish rule, or were built during the first half of the 19th century, after U.S. annexation and statehood.
The district as a whole has been designated as a National Historic Landmark, with numerous contributing buildings that are separately deemed significant. It is a prime tourist destination in the city, as well as attracting local residents. Because of its distance from areas where the levee was breached during Hurricane Katrina in 2005 as well as the strength and height of the nearest Mississippi River Levees in contrast to other levees along the canals and lakefront, it suffered relatively light damage from floodwater as compared to other areas of the city and the greater region.
New Orleans is a consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of Louisiana. With an estimated population of 391,006 in 2018, it is the most populous city in Louisiana. Serving as a major port, New Orleans is considered an economic and commercial hub for the broader Gulf Coast region of the United States.
New Orleans is world-renowned for its distinct music, Creole cuisine, unique dialect, and its annual celebrations and festivals, most notably Mardi Gras. The historic heart of the city is the French Quarter, known for its French and Spanish Creole architecture and vibrant nightlife along Bourbon Street. The city has been described as the most unique in the United States, owing in large part to its cross-cultural and multilingual heritage. Founded in 1718 by French colonists, New Orleans was once the territorial capital of French Louisiana before being traded to the United States in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. New Orleans in 1840 was the third-most populous city in the United States, and it was the largest city in the American South from the Antebellum era until after World War II. The city's location and flat elevation have historically made it very vulnerable to flooding. State and federal authorities have installed a complex system of levees and drainage pumps in an effort to protect the city.
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New Orleans Removing Confederate Monuments, Under Police Guard
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America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places
Here are America's 11 endangered places.
The United States is full of both natural and manmade landmarks. Each year, the National Trust makes a list of those most in need of preservation.
Here are the 11 most endangered historic places in America.
Number 11. Fort Worth Stockyards.
An area that attracts more three millions visitors a year, the Forth Worth Stockyards in Texas was, at the turn of the 20th century, instrumental in the burgeoning livestock industry and economic development of western states.
Number 10. South Street Seaport.
Near the Financial District in lower Manhattan, the South Street Seaport is an area comprised of restored 19th century architecture and evokes a feeling of being transported back in time.
Number 9. The Factory.
Built in West Hollywood, California in 1929 to house a camera company, in 1974 it was turned into a revolutionary gay disco that was at the forefront of fighting the AIDs epidemic during the 1980s.
Number 8. Oak Flat.
Numerous Native American tribes, including the San Carlos Apache, consider Oak Flat in Superior, Arizona, to be a sacred place. It's also been used as an archeological and historic resource.
Number 7. Chautauqua Amphitheater.
Located in Chautauqua, New York, this venue, lovingly referred to as the Amp, has been an all-in-one music festival, arts colony and summer encampment since it was built 122 years ago.
Number 6. East Point Historic Civil Block.
Built in the neighborhood of East Point, Georgia in the 1930s, the Historic Civil Block, which features a library, city hall, auditorium and a park, stands as a testament to the community’s history and FDR's New Deal program.
Number 5. Old U.S. Mint.
Built in 1874, the Old U.S. Mint in San Francisco, California managed to withstand the 1906 earthquake and the test of time, although this is its second appearance the Endangered Historic Places list.
Number 4. Carrollton Courthouse.
Its sits vacant now, but before closing its doors in 2014 the Carrollton Courthouse in New Orleans, Louisiana was once the seat of government for Jefferson Parish. It was turned into a school in 1957.
Number 3. Little Havana.
Miami, Florida's historic Little Havana neighborhood, a self-sustaining community, was founded by Cuban immigrants generations ago and has since become a melting pot for various Latin American cultures.
Number 2. A.G. Gaston Motel
In its heyday, the A.G. Gaston Motel in Birmingham, Alabama offered luxury accommodations to African-Americans in a segregated South, and hosted numerous Civil Rights movement leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr.
Number 1. The Grand Canyon.
A natural wonder known around the world and an important site for many Native American tribes , the Grand Canyon in Arizona is being threatened by proposals ranging from uranium mining to different tourist attractions.
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New Orleans Takes Down Confederate Monuments
NOLA is saying goodbye to a racist legacy. The city is taking down its confederate statues after years of protests from activists. We will no longer allow the confederacy to be literally put on a pedestal in the heart of our city.
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Louisiana Senate Committee votes against HB-71
The Louisiana Senate Government Affairs Committee voted 4-2 not to recommend to the full senate to hear HB-71.
HB-71 would have required public votes before City Councils or Mayors remove valuable art to U.S. Military Veterans.
Democratic Senators J P Morrell and Karen Peterson lead the effort to all New Orleans officials to remove monuments and not return them to the original donors.
Former Mayor Charles Marsala testifies as to public concerns on due process by the Mayor and City Council of New Orleans during City Council meetings.
Senator Morrell acknowledges that violating due process is a serious matter and explains that Judges can use Summary Judgement to prevent cases from going to trial.
Ideal Market in Louisiana joins national protest against immigration crackdown
Ideal Market stores in New Orleans and Baton Rouge shut down Thursday in support of the national Day Without Immigrants effort against the immigration crackdown.
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Latter-day Saints Lend a Helping Hand to Oakland’s Homeless Population
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently partnered with Oakland, California, government officials and two local organizations to help alleviate the city’s homelessness crisis. Recent data shows a significant increase in the homeless population in the past two years.
I Do Not Consent To The Public Celebration Of Anti-American Traitors
Last week President Donald Trump gave a speech to 50,00 people packed in at Liberty University in Virginia. Days later a known white nationalist gets a white mob complete with torches to go to a public park at night in Virginia to so-called protest the proposed removal of the statute to the traitorous anti-American General Robert E. Lee.
Another monument to treason featuring Robert E. Lee was taken down in New Orleans by masked workers protected by police snipers on surrounding buildings to ward off any possible terrorist to form an army to destroy the United States. For what reason? Because of fears that the South might lose its captive free labor force, despite President Lincoln’s assurances that abolishing slavery was not his intent.
There are hundreds of monuments promoting insurrection, racism, and slavery across the USA and US citizens are forced to fund their maintenance. Some of the states with anti-American monuments to the CSA were not states when the Civil War took place. There are monuments and statutes promoting treason against the United States in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.
In violation of the 14th Amendment’s various sections on rebellion and insurrectionist traitors who supported slavery, the descendants of the formerly enslaved, the descendants of the those who joined the United States Armed Forces are being forced to this day to fund monuments to self-declared enemies of freedom and justice for all. There is nothing more anti-American than the Confederacy.
I ask Americans join me in pushing for an end to the promotion of treason, insurrection, and terrorism to future generations of United States citizens. We must bring these tributes to injustice down and continue to the work of implementing a nation that practices justice and protects all its citizens from every kind of terrorist ideology.
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Confederate Memorial Day Makes Waves in the South: The Daily Show
While Alabama and Mississippi celebrate Confederate Memorial Day, some Southern cities like New Orleans are beginning to dismantle their Civil War monuments.
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Open Grave in a Forgotten Cemetery [Kult America]
In today’s episode of Kult America I explore the forgotten and abandoned grave yards of Poland’s podkarpackie region. Many of these cemeteries contain the remains of Ukrainians who once populates the region but have since relocated after the complicated political situation.
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Naturalization Ceremony for U.S. Service Members
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President Obama speaks at a naturalization ceremony for 24 members of the United States Armed Forces. The ceremony recognizes the contributions made by immigrant members of the U.S. armed forces who have earned their American citizenship through service to our country, and the contributions immigrants from all walks of life have made to our country throughout its history. Alejandro Mayorkas, Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) presents the home countries of the candidates for citizenship, and DHS Secy. Janet Napolitano administers the oath of citizenship. President Obama also presents Sgt. Ledum Ndaanee, USMC (E-5) with the Outstanding American by Choice recognition, which highlights the outstanding achievements of naturalized U.S. citizens.
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New Orleans, French quarter, Louisiana
French quarter, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States 2002 - before hurricane Katrina
The French Quarter, also known as the Vieux Carré, is the oldest neighborhood in the city of New Orleans. After New Orleans (La Nouvelle-Orléans in French) was founded in 1718 by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, the city developed around the Vieux Carré (Old Square in English), a central square. The district is more commonly called the French Quarter today, or simply The Quarter, related to changes in the city with American immigration after the Louisiana Purchase.Most of the extant historic buildings were constructed either in the late 18th century, during the city's period of Spanish rule, or were built during the first half of the 19th century, after U.S. annexation and statehood.
Day Without Immigrants - New Orleans
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As Last Confederate Statue Is Removed in New Orleans, Will School Names & Street Signs Follow?
- New Orleans has removed the last of four Confederate statues in recent weeks. Workers wore bulletproof vests and face coverings to conceal their identities as they used a crane to remove the statue from its pedestal. New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu said threats and intimidation necessitated the overnight work and extra safety precautions. White nationalists have staged a series of protests and issued threats in the lead-up to the memorials’ removals. Though the four most prominent Confederate monuments have been removed, activists are calling for New Orleans officials to remove all monuments, school names and street signs in the city dedicated to white supremacists. We speak with Malcolm Suber, co-founder of Take ’Em Down NOLA.
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Man Gets Back at New Orleans High Society for Snubbing His Wife
It's a love story with a twist surprise ending. An Irish immigrant that came to New Orleans, fell in love, and became wealthy. They were denied entrance into the high society of New Orleans, but he got the last laugh.
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