7/8/2023 0 Comments Huey long williamsschools, roads, bridges, hospitals, health care. Ithink it is relatively unknown to many how severe poverty was in the early 1920s in Louisiana and the lack of basic services that were available to all of its citizens, e.g. Castro's full story - Glenda April Castro, Metairie, LA In 1982, after cancer stole Poppa from our family, he was presented at the Joseph Laughlin Funeral Home on Magazine Street in New Orleans - fastened to his jacket was his 'Every Man a King' lapel pin.” The one artifact that I regret we no longer have in our possession is buried with my grandfather. My grandfather saved all of Huey Long's published speeches, which I found in my grandmother's hope chest. Two of those attending were my grandmother and my great-grandmother. The story I remember the most was hearing of Governor Long's death and the thousands of people who attended the services from all over Louisiana. Governor Long was going to see that families of all socio-economical backgrounds were going to have the equal opportunities. Mostly, I remember the stories of Huey Long. There were politicians he absolutely could not stand locally and federally. My grandfather's voice still resonates in my mind as I hear him and see him lecturing me on what this world is coming to.
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