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Lodwrick Monroe Cook Education Auditorium

Native Louisianan, international business leader, tireless champion of humanitarian causes, Lodwrick M. Cook has contributed greatly to the creation of Louisiana's center for political and governmental history.Lod Cook was born in Casstor, LA., June 17, 1928 and raised in Grand Cane. He attended Louisiana State University, receiving Bachelor Degrees in mathematics in 1950 and...

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Ardlington Standing Stones

At 8:12 AM (GMT) on January 1st 2000 the first rays of sunlight of the Third Millennium passed through these stones. Submitted by @mackenwells.

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Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

UNDER AUTHORITY OF PUBLIC RESOLUTION 67, OF THE 66th CONGRESS, APPROVED MARCH 4, 1921, AN UNKNOWN AMERICAN SOLDIER WAS EXHUMED FROM EACH OF THE FOUR AMERICAN CEMETERIES IN FRANCE. THEY WERE...

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