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The Huey P. Long Bridge Run has been held annually since 2013, celebrating the bridge's 1935 construction and its 2013 widening project. Click here to report a typo.
Huey Pierce Long Jr. met an early demise nearly 90 years ago from an assassin’s bullet, but he remains an enduring figure in U.S. politics. A left-wing Democrat with a populist edge, he became a ...
The Huey P. Long house is located at 305 Forest Avenue in Shreveport. Not only that – this is the 100 th anniversary of its construction.
Posted: Jun 1, 2023 / 09:30 AM CDT Updated: Jun 1, 2023 / 08:55 AM CDT In a new book, LSU professor Robert Mann dives into former Gov. Huey Long’s relationship with the state’s flagship university ...
In a new book, “Kingfish U: Huey Long and LSU,” LSU professor Robert “Bob” Mann documents the intense relationship between former Gov. and U.S. Sen. Huey P. Long and the university he ...
For the record: 5:58 p.m. Aug. 26, 2021 A reference to events in the opening episode of “The Harper House” was incorrect. Only the dessicated corpses were in the opening episode.
Huey P. Long, historian Arthur Schlesinger explained in a 1986 Ken Burns documentary, was the closest thing to a dictator the U.S. has ever seen.
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The Huey P. Long Bridge has reopened in both directions after a vessel struck the bridge Wednesday afternoon. The closure began just after 1 p.m. and remained closed for ...
Workers are visible under the Huey P. Long bridge after it was struck by the antennae of a vessel passing under it in Elmwood, La., Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019.
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Traffic going both directions on the Huey P. Long Bridge was closed Monday afternoon (Jan. 21), according to the Department of Transportation and Development.
Huey Pierce Long: you either loved him, or hated him. He had thousands of adoring fans, and fearful enemies. Long went from traveling salesman to Louisiana Governor, and then US senator, through ...