Five years ago, in the drowning of New Orleans, a milestone of Louisiana history went almost unobserved: the 70th anniversary of the assassination of the state's controversial Governor and then US Senator Huey Pierce Long, Jr.
This year marks that event's 75th anniversary, and here at Daily Kos the name "Huey Long" is now associated with the scheming of a campaign operative for a man who represents the opposite of what the real Huey Long stood for. This is an attempt to set the record straight for Huey Long, who was shot on September 8, 1935 and died on September 10, 1935.