Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Huey Long, Parade Marshall

As part of his campaign to increase educational opportunities in Louisiana, Governor Huey Long wanted to increase the size and stature of Louisiana State University. One of the first steps of his marketing strategy was to quadruple the size of the university marching band.

Source: "Louisiana State University," Huey Long: The Man, His Mission and Legacy, HueyLong.com.

1 comment:

Sinfonian said...

Hey, this is cool! Glad I found it. Consider yourself blogrolled. :)

I couldn't catch you over at Eschaton. Please e-mail me sometime: I've managed to kill my cell phone and lose all of your contact info! :(

Talk to you later ...

- J.

P.S. Remember to watch teevee Wednesday the 7th. ;)