DID YOU KNOW?
Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:55 states as follows in pertinent part (with a bit of emphasis not found in the Code!):
“The following shall be days of public rest and legal holidays: Sundays; January 1, New Year’s Day; January 8, Battle of New Orleans; the third Monday in January, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday; January 19, Robert E. Lee Day; third Monday in February, Washington’s Birthday; Good Friday; the last Monday in May, National Memorial Day; June 3, Confederate Memorial Day; July 4, Independence Day; August 30, Huey P. Long Day; the first Monday in September, Labor Day; the second Monday in October, Christopher Columbus Day; November 1, All Saints’ Day; November 11, Veterans’ Day; the fourth Thursday in November, Thanksgiving Day; December 25, Christmas Day;…”
That’s right. Huey Long’s birthday is a state holiday in Louisiana. It mujst be admitted that Long did bring about many needed reforms in Louisiana but his political tactics and corruption negated much if not all of the good he did for the state. Governor Jindal is laboring hard to end the Huey Long corruption era in state politics.
The Governor’s efforts are beginning to work: National accolades for ethical reform, new large businesses moving to the state, taxes and restrictive regulations being eased, and a sense of pride and public spirit.
Perhaps the day may come – say fifty years from now, the list of state holidays will read as follows (Again with emphasis not found in the 2050 Louisiana Code):
“The following shall be days of public rest and legal holidays: Sundays; January 1, New Year’s Day; January 8, Battle of New Orleans; the third Monday in January, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday; January 19, Robert E. Lee Day; third Monday in February, Washington’s Birthday; Good Friday; the last Monday in May, National Memorial Day; June 3, Confederate Memorial Day; June 10, Bobby Jindal day; July 4, Independence Day; the first Monday in September, Labor Day; the second Monday in October, Christopher Columbus Day; November 1, All Saints’ Day; November 11, Veterans’ Day; the fourth Thursday in November, Thanksgiving Day; December 25, Christmas Day;…”
This is to celebrate the visionary leader who was Governor of Louisiana for two terms and then was the first President from the Pelican State…
