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NEW ORLEANS

  The view of the Port of New Orleans, called Port of NOLA for New Orleans, Louisiana. Lunch, Went of a bus tour of the city. Above is the 32-acre Louis Armstrong Park.  I asked Google AI, who is the most iconic person associated with New Orleans: Louis Armstrong   is widely considered the most famous and influential person born in New Orleans. A pioneering jazz trumpeter and singer, his international fame spanned decades, cementing his legacy as a "foundational influence in jazz" known affectionately as "Satchmo" For example, their airport was in 2001 renamed the Louis Armstrong International Airport.  I might further add that he was born in New Orleans in 1901: Had a career spanning five decades, beginning as an inventive trumpeteer in the 1920s In 1928 he recorded  St James Infirmary Blues,  also known as  Gambler's Blues,  which originated as an American folk song.  There is no true association with New Orleans because the infirmary deriv...