Today, Jackson Square and other places in New Orleans will be full of revelers. No, it’s not a Mardi Gras do-over, it’s the city’s 300th birthday celebration. Sometime in the spring of 1718, ‘La Nouvelle-Orléans’ was founded by French investors. Since then, residents of the Big Easy have chosen May 7 as the day to celebrate the birth of New Orleans. Really, this city doesn’t need an excuse to throw a party, but this one’s going to be big.
Happy 300th, NOLA!
Today in History
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Four little birds sitting in a tree…
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A Latino art exhibition in Denver
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The Aomori Nebuta Festival parade, Japan
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National Park Week begins
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Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica
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Castle Frankenstein in Darmstadt, Germany
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Winter in the Finnish wilds
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Big dreams require a big sleigh
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Sundance Film Festival opens in Park City
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Racers pushing past sunflowers in the 2018 Tour de France
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Computer Science EDU Week
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Chestnut-eared aracari in the Pantanal, Brazil
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A unique elephant encounter in Nantes
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Ponta Delgada
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Earthrise on Moon Day
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Making it work—in Norway
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A predator at risk
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European hedgehog
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The wild heart of Tasmania
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D-Day remembered
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Góða ólavsøku, from the Faroes!
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An emerald isle of the Emerald Isle
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A walk among the giants
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Summertime in Alaska
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Jan van Eyckplein in Bruges, Belgium
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National Park Week continues
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Santo Antão Island in the Republic of Cabo Verde
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Indigenous Peoples Day
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Macro photograph of a migrant hawker dragonfly
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Yarn for Distaff Day