List of official symbols of Louisiana
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This is a list of official symbols of Louisiana. Official symbols of Louisiana are codified in the Laws of Louisiana.
- State pledge : I pledge allegiance to the flag of the state of Louisiana 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.
- LL 167, 1981
- State judicial poem, written by Sylvia Davidson Lott Buckley, and entitled, "America, We The People":
- "America
- We the people
- Justice, the word most sought by all, seek God to bless the courts with truth, for through His wisdom we rise or fall.
- America
- We the people
- Do honor this great lady fair, who with her mighty arms still holds, the scales of Justice for all to share.
- America
- We the people
- Do offer threads of hope to all, for Justice covers everyone; she does not measure, short or tall.
- America
- We the people
- Boldly make this pledge to thee, that Justice will, in mind and heart, guide each destiny.
- America
- We............the...........people."
- LL 155.4, 1995
- State Senate poem, written by Jean McGivney Boese, and entitled, "Leadership":
- "It is easy to bend with the wind and be weak,
- Wrapped in silence when it would take courage to speak,
- To do nothing when crises demand that you act;
- To prefer a delusion to unpleasant fact.
- But the easy evasions that dreamers embrace
- Are denied to a leader with problems to face.
- He must cope with the world as he finds it, and plan
- To make each hard decision as well as he can.
- He can't hide from the truth or deny what is real.
- Though a lie might assuage all the fears people feel.
- For the truth is the truth, and no lie can prevail.
- In a world that is real, one must face truth or fail."
- LL 155.5, 1999
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| Regions |
Acadiana | Central Louisiana | Florida Parishes | Greater New Orleans | North Louisiana |
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| Cities & CDPs |
Alexandria | Baton Rouge (Capital) | Bossier City | Houma | Kenner | Lafayette | Lake Charles | Marrero | Metairie | Monroe | New Iberia | New Orleans | Shreveport |
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| Metros | Alexandria | Baton Rouge | Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux | Lafayette | Lake Charles | Monroe | New Orleans | Shreveport-Bossier City | ||||
| Parishes |
Acadia | Allen | Ascension | Assumption | Avoyelles | Beauregard | Bienville | Bossier | Caddo | Calcasieu | Caldwell | Cameron | Catahoula | Claiborne | Concordia | De Soto | East Baton Rouge | East Carroll | East Feliciana | Evangeline | Franklin | Grant | Iberia | Iberville | Jackson | Jefferson | Jefferson Davis | La Salle | Lafayette | Lafourche | Lincoln | Livingston | Madison | Morehouse | Natchitoches | Orleans | Ouachita | Plaquemines | Pointe Coupee | Rapides | Red River | Richland | Sabine | St. Bernard | St. Charles | St. Helena | St. James | St. John the Baptist | St. Landry | St. Martin | St. Mary | St. Tammany | Tangipahoa | Tensas | Terrebonne | Union | Vermilion | Vernon | Washington | Webster | West Baton Rouge | West Carroll | West Feliciana | Winn |
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