In August, most of the City Council asked the Louisiana Supreme Court to remove the statue, calling its prominent placement in front of the state's ... of Xavier University, and a city ...

Before Mulkey's statue was unveiled — along ... “I played here. Louisiana is my home. I had never left the state of Louisiana, and the emotions of, 'Am I doing the right thing at the right ...

A bronze statue of the first president of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette ... private fund for beautification of the campus. No state money was used for the statue, she said.

NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana will unveil a statue of former university President ... contributions of Dr. Francis to Xavier, the state of Louisiana and his work in improving ...

LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC) - A new tribute to the cowboy was unveiled Wednesday at McNeese State University ... funding for the statue came from the Percent for the Arts program under the Louisiana ...

This year Xavier University ... chair of the Louisiana Recovery Authority after Hurricane Katrina, and received a Presidential Medal of Freedom from President George W. Bush. The statue is more ...

Her work graces the State ... Louisiana’s 17th governor late in the Civil War. He was wounded in the face at the Battle of Shiloh, and his leg was shattered in the Battle of Baton Rouge. “This ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Louisiana ... in August for the statue's removal, calling its prominent placement an affront to the idea of equality before the law. The statue is state property but ...