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Posted on 5/15/18 at 8:21 pm to
Posted by el Gaucho
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Posted on 5/15/18 at 8:21 pm to
it means "red stick" in french
Posted by Spankum
Miss-sippi
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Posted on 5/15/18 at 8:53 pm to
My home town once had a war college called "Louisiana State Seminary of Learning & Military Academy"....the war college later moved to Baton Rouge and was renamed LSU.
Posted by tigerstripedjacket
This side of the wall
Member since Sep 2011
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Posted on 5/15/18 at 9:48 pm to
The #1 pick in the 1989 MLB draft is from my home town. (Ben McDonald).

The first Guard for the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier ever from LA is from my home town. We played ball together.

The 1980’s Imperial Wizard of the Invisible Empire, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan was from my hometown.

ETA LINK to Klan Man
This post was edited on 5/16/18 at 2:45 pm
Posted by jmarto1
Houma, LA/ Las Vegas, NV
Member since Mar 2008
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Posted on 5/15/18 at 9:51 pm to
The Las Vegas Strip is not located in Las Vegas
Posted by JCinBAMA
North of Huntsville
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Posted on 5/15/18 at 10:09 pm to
Help put man on the Moon...

Posted by Mike da Tigah
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Posted on 5/16/18 at 9:45 am to


So sad how little recognition this gets.

Posted by Rebel
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Posted on 5/16/18 at 12:38 pm to
Larry Bird set the Celtics game scoring record in New Orleans when the Celtics played the Atlanta Hawks.
Posted by VOR
Member since Apr 2009
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Posted on 5/16/18 at 12:53 pm to

Natchitoches, not New Orlean oranywhere else, is the oldest town in the state and the La. Purchase. It also is the birthplace of the coolest motherfricker on Tigerdroppings
Posted by TheHarahanian
Actually not Harahan as of 6/2023
Member since May 2017
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Posted on 5/16/18 at 1:04 pm to
I'm from Louisiana, but spent most of my young years in Brandon, MS, so I claim it.

What's now Centenary College in Shreveport was established in Clinton, MS, but was soon relocated to Brandon Springs, MS, around 1840. I spent a long time in Brandon and never heard of a Brandon Springs, and with good reason because it's now in the woods. Google maps will pull it up and it's in the middle of nowhere. Not even any close roads.

Anyway, Centenary moved to Jackson, LA, soon after that, and of course eventually moved to Shreveport.
Posted by JuiceTerry
Roond the Scheme
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Posted on 5/16/18 at 8:11 pm to
My birth city is home to a brand new Lynching museum

Posted by tigersownall
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Posted on 5/17/18 at 12:36 pm to
The first world heavy weight prize fight took place in Kenner in 1870.
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