Louisiana

Louisiana

Senators: SALONSO F7 (R), RQUEISSER D4 (I)

Representatives: EIAMMARINO F6 (R), RDEVINE D7 (D), MMIHALIK D7 (R)

The Lake Pontchartrain Causewa,with a length of 23.87 miles, is the world's longest bridge built entirely over water. (MMihalik) House Of Representitive Members Include- Roy Burrel, and Ernest Gregory. (MMihalik) Governer- Bobby Jindal. (MMihalik) The capitol city Baton Rogue is home to the campus of Lousiana State University. This University is the most used University for the Special Olympics. (MMihalik) Senators- Mary Landrieu, David Vitter. (MMihalik) 18th state to enter the union (R DeVine) Date of state hood: April 30, 1812 (R DeVine) State bird- Brown pelican (R DeVine) State gemstone: Agate (R DeVine) State insect- honey bee (R DeVine) Louisiana has the tallest state capitol building in the United States; the building is 450 feet tall with 34 floors.(RQueisser) this is the state quarter (RQueisser)   this is the flag.(RQueisser) motto:Union, justice, and confidence (RQueisser) nick name-Pelican State (RQueisser) the area-43,562 sq mi. (RQueisser) what is the name of the capital in the state of lousiana? (RQueisser)

Lousiana has just discoverred six more cases of H1N1.(EIammarino) Lousiana state song: Give Me Lousiana. [|Lousiana State Song](EIammarino) The Louisiana flag was originated from the 1800 original. It was officially adapted on July 1, 1912. The flag shows the pelican, which is also where Lousiana got its name of "The Pelican State". Early settels thought the pelicans were kind, noturing birds and they were thought to tear open their own body to feed thier young. (EIammarino)

The official pledge of alligiance for Louisiana was adopted in 1981. It reads like this**:** and to the motto for which it stands: A state, under God, united in purpose and ideals, confident that justice shall prevail for all of those abiding here." (S.A.)**
 * "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the state of Louisiana

The Superdome in New Orleans is the worlds largest steel-constructed room unobstructed by posts. Height: 273 feet (82.3 meters), Diameter of Dome: 680 feet (210 meters), Area of Roof: 9.7 acres, Interior Space: 125,000,000 cubic feet, Total floor footage: 269,000 sq. ft. (82,342 sq. meters), Electrical Wiring: 400 miles (640 kilometers) (S.A) Louisiana's state [|Constitution], the 11th in its history, was adopted in 1974. (S.A)