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| Trying my hand at one of the anti aircraft guns of the Destroyer USS Kidd (DD-661) in Baton Rouge. The ship was named for Rear Admiral Isaac Campbell Kidd, Sr. who was killed aboard his flagship, USS Arizona durring the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii December 7, 1941. |
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Flag |
State Seal * |
 Website : www.louisiana.gov |
 Capital
:
Baton Rouge
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 Highest
point : Driskill
Mountain, 535 feet |
 Area : 51,843 square miles,
31st largest state |
 Population : 4,468,976
(2000 US Census) |
 Motto
: Union, justice and
confidence
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 Admitted to
Union : April 30, 1812 |
 State
Song : "Give Me Louisiana" |
 State Bird : Brown Pelican |
 State Flower
: Magnolia
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 State Tree : Bald Cypress |
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