Emmanuel Macron's visit is the first by a French president to Louisiana since 1976.
Louisiana is named after Louis XIV, the famous Sun King who ruled France for 72 years starting in 1643. New Orleans is where the Louisiana Purchase was finalized. The deal transferred the Louisiana Territory, which encompassed much of what is today the central United States, from France to the U.S. in 1803.
“We want the French language to be a language for all and therefore give a fresh image of the French in the United States,” Macron said in French during a speech Wednesday to the French community in Washington D.C. Christiane Geisler, 70, stood Friday on the street beside the Cabildo. In her right hand was a small American flag and in her left was the French flag.
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