Yes, this seems to be a real holiday.

The governor shall annually in the month of December issue a proclamation setting apart January eighth as New Orleans Day and recommending that it be observed by the people with appropriate exercises in the public schools and otherwise, as he may see fit, to the end that the memory of the services of the soldiers and sailors of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, and the lessons to be learned from the successes and failures of our arms in that war, may be perpetuated.

\o/ So I think zachens and I are going to have to throw a New Orleans Day Party.


Also, I went ahead and grabbed sofiaviolet @ GJ and IJ. So if I haven't found you yet, let me know what your usernames are.

Not that I'm jumping ship, but I'm way attached to this username and I wanted to grab it.