RE-ENACTMENT OF THE SIGNING OF THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE

U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana listens to Jean-Louis Debre, president of the French National Assembly, speak in front of the Cabildo, New Orleans' historic seat of government, after the re-enactment December 20, 2003, of the signing of the Louisiana Purchase. (UPI Photo/Photo Courtesy of National Park Service/A.J. Sisco)