Pearls of Wisdom

Mardi Gras Beads in Tree, Baton Rouge LA 4/2007 from Baton Rouge Blues

copyright Wm. Greiner

Last week, there was a letter to the editors in USA Today, from a man who claimed to have been a relief worker after Hurricane Katrina. However, this man was now saying how stupid New Orleanians were for establishing a city below sea level. I think there is a large group of Americans who really don’t understand how or why New Orleans was settled.

I would recommend to him or anybody, to watch the documentary “New Orleans” which recently aired on PBS as part of the American Experience series - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/neworleans/index.html

The program traces the origins of the city and outlines what makes it utterly unique among all American cities!