Louis Armstrong
Born
Louis Armstrong, trumpet in one hand and handkerchief in the other, in Louis Armstrong Park in New Orleans, the city where he was born in 1901. Elizabeth Catlett made the bronze, a towering figure about 12 feet tall. The park, which opened in 1980 and takes in historic Congo Square, was named for the trumpeter after his death in 1971, so the city's most famous musical son now greets visitors on ground where New Orleans music has gathered for centuries.
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