To officially celebrate the occasion, the Office of the Lt. Governor held the Louisiana Family Homecoming Celebration Festival on the State
Capitol grounds in Baton Rouge, April 28. Hundreds gathered to celebrate
Louisiana’s food, music and history in honor of Louisiana’s Bicentennial.
Naturally, food was central to the celebration as our
cuisine marks one of the most notable traditions our state offers. Fare
included cracklins, jambalaya, crawfish etouffee and even deep-fried king cake.
While this celebration was underway, so was the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans and the Festival International de Louisiane in Lafayette. It was all
about the food and music this past weekend in Louisiana.
For more than a year, many projects and events have been
planned for Louisiana residents to celebrate all that our beloved state has to
offer and importantly, what we have to share with the world. The LRA was a
member of the Commission’s Foodways Committee, which created a series of
banners that will travel the state spreading the historic value of our cuisine.
Also, Southern Food and Beverage Museum Founder and President Liz Williams will be penning a series
of articles for a la carte magazine, the association’s official
publication for Louisiana’s foodservice professional, the first—Coffee,
Louisiana’s Gateway, appears here. The second installment in our spring issue
will share the history of Louisiana’s agricultural offerings, followed by
Louisiana seafood in the summer. The final installment, just in time for the
holidays, will cover the state’s many confections.
A tree-planting ceremony was held this morning at A.Z. Young
park at the corner of Third and Lafayette Streets in Baton Rouge and this
afternoon, the Bicentennial Commission, headed by General Russell Honore, will
unveil a new U.S. Postal Stamp featuring a photograph depicting Flat Lake
cypress trees adorned with Spanish Moss in the Atchafalaya Basin.
What will you do to commemorate Louisiana’s statehood?
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