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Country/ U.S. state Areas visited Dates Details Image Nebraska: Omaha, Papillion: January 13 President Obama delivered a speech at the University of Nebraska Omaha's Baxter Arena discussing the economic progress the state had made under his leadership and the "agenda for his remaining year — and the years to come — to keep it going," following his final State of the Union Address. [1]
John Neely Kennedy (born November 21, 1951) is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the junior United States senator from Louisiana since 2017. A Republican, he served as the Louisiana State Treasurer from 2000 to 2017, as Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Revenue from 1996 to 1999, [1] and as special counsel and then cabinet member to Governor Buddy Roemer from 1988 to 1992.
The California State Fair (CSF) is the annual state fair for the state of California. The fair is held at Cal Expo in Sacramento, California . The Fair is a 17-day event showcasing California's industries, agriculture, and diversity of people.
Long regarded as offering one of the best Christmas light displays in the nation, Branson's 1880's-style theme park Silver Dollar City will be decked out in a whopping 6.5 million lights for its ...
"Christmas Lights" is a song by British rock band Coldplay released on 1 December 2010, as a digital download single. [1] According to lead singer Chris Martin , it was written in December 2008. [ 2 ]
The first record of Mardi Gras being celebrated in Louisiana was at the mouth of the Mississippi River in what is now lower Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, on March 2, 1699. Iberville, Bienville, and their men celebrated it as part of an observance of Catholic practice. The date of the first celebration of the festivities in New Orleans is unknown.
Lafourche Parish (French: Paroisse de la Fourche) is a parish located in the south of the U.S. state of Louisiana.The parish seat is Thibodaux. [1] The parish was formed in 1807. [2]
At 16:55 UTC, Ida made its third, and final, landfall near Port Fourchon, Louisiana, with sustained winds of 150 mph (240 km/h) and a central pressure of 931 mbar (27.49 inHg), tying the 1856 Last Island hurricane and Hurricane Laura as the strongest landfalling hurricane on record in Louisiana, as measured by maximum sustained wind, and ...