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# Baton Rouge as "Birthplace of Louisiana Democracy"

The city of Baton Rouge is designated as the "Birthplace of Louisiana Democracy", because it is the site of the first democratically-elected government in Louisiana, the Assembly of the British Colony of West Florida.