After review by 13 different federal and state judges

This is however about showing the whole world that we as a city and as a peopleare able to acknowledge, understand, reconcile and most important, choose abetter future for ourselves, making straight what has been crooked and makingright what was wrong

After the Civil War, these statues were a part of that terrorism as much as aburning cross on someone’s lawn; they were erected purposefully to send astrong message to all who walked in their shadows about who was still in chargein this city

So when people say to me that the monuments in question are history

An estimated 1 million people evacuated from Greater New Orleans

The situation worsened when levees on four of the city's canals were breached. Storm surge was funneled in via the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet, which breached in multiple places. This surge also filled the Industrial Canal which breached either from the surge or the effects of being hit by a loose barge (the ING 4727). The London Avenue Canal and the 17th Street Canal were breached by the elevated waters of Lake Pontchartrain. Some areas that initially seemed to suffer little from the storm found themselves flooded by rapidly rising water on August 30. As much as 80% of the city—parts of which are below sea level and much of which is only a few feet above—was flooded, with water reaching a depth of 25 feet (7.6 m) in some areas.

The 2017 New Orleans tornado touched down in New Orleans East and left approximately 10,000 homes without electric power.[46] John Bel Edwards declared a state of emergency.[47] In 2018 LaToya Cantrell took office as Mayor of New Orleans, the first woman to do so. On the morning of October 12, 2019, a portion of the Hard Rock Hotel building at 1031 Canal Street collapsed during construction.[48]

This gave the 19th-century city the shape of a crescent along a bend of the Mississippi,

For two decades the three Municipalities were essentially governed as separate cities, with the office of Mayor of New Orleans having only a minor role in facilitating discussions between municipal governments.

Because of the scale of damage, many people resettled permanently outside the area. Federal, state, and local efforts supported recovery and rebuilding in severely damaged neighborhoods.

significantly larger than all other southern cities

New Orleans has increasingly been known as "Hollywood South" due to its prominent role in the film industry and in pop culture.[

New Orleans is world-renowned for its distinctive music, Creole cuisine, unique dialects, and its annual celebrations and festivals, most notably Mardi Gras.