The National Football League awarded its 16th franchise to New Orleans on November 1, 1966. Appropriately, it was All Saints Day. In mid-December, 28-year-old John W. Mecom Jr., a successful Texas and Louisiana businessman, became the majority stockholder.
Happy 46th Birthday, Saints!
Blogging from Slidell, Louisiana about loving life on the Gulf Coast despite BP and Katrina
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Thursday, November 01, 2012
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A while back I ran a post about the "recycling" if - you will - of the live oak trees that became victims of Katrina. Instead of...
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Harrah's New Orleans Hotel I can identify all but one of the flags flying, which depict the city of New Orleans and Louisiana's...
