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Louisiana
Louisiana's State Flag
State Nickname
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The Pelican state
State Motto
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Union, Justice, Confidence
Population
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4.7 million
State Flower the Magnolia
State Name
"Origin of Louisiana State Name. Louisiana is another state, along with Illinois, that bears the mark of Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle. The first European to descend the Mississippi River to the delta, this French explorer named the area La Louisianneafter Louis XIV of France in 1682."www.ereferencedesk.com/resources/state-name/louisiana.html
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