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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Summer winds down in the Southern Hemisphere
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An enduring vision
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In praise of bogs, swamps, and marshes
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A monastery in the mountain
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And the skies filled with bats…
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Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park
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An island oasis in the Indian Ocean
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Exploring the wilder side of New York
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A midsummer twilight s dream
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Cetacean Saturday
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Summer winds down in the Southern Hemisphere
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Halloween
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Moving as one
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A fair that s star-studded
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Ravens
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Can you see the family resemblance?
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World Rhinoceros Day
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Don’t get lost in there
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Summer huts in winter
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It’s Art Deco Weekend in Miami
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Bridge to infinity
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Sands of time
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Cosplay strongly encouraged
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All hail the king of shrubs
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In memory of those lost
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Point Reyes National Seashore
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Golden jellyfish in Jellyfish Lake, Palau
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Sandhill cranes, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
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Four little birds sitting in a tree…
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Fiesta at Siesta