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Jackson Square: The Heart of New Orleans History, Culture, and Art

Jackson Square is a historic park in New Orleans, Louisiana’s French Quarter. It was formerly known as the Place d’Armes (French) or Plaza de Armas (Spanish). Due to its significance to the history of the city and its location where Louisiana was admitted as a territory of the United States in 1803 as a result of the Louisiana Purchase, it was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1960.

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