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Fall in St. Francisville
FALL IS COLORFUL AND FILLED WITH SPECIAL EVENTS IN ST. FRANCISVILLE, LA
By Anne Butler
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P.T. Barnum's Visit
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White Linen Night
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The True Democrat
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Garden Symposium
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Come Join the Fun! Book your reservations in advance to ensure you choice of lodging. Visit the West Feliciana Parish Tourist Website for information.
AROUND THE CULINARY WORLD IN A COUPLE OF BLOCKS IN ST. FRANCISVILLE, LA.
by: Anne Butler
Too hot to cook? Too broke to travel far? A visit to the little nineteenth-century Louisiana rivertown of St. Francisville may be just the ticket to ditch the summer doldrums and tickle the taste buds. This small town boasts a surprising variety of restaurant offerings, running the gamut from Cajun-Creole to plantation style, Mexican to Chinese, soul food to seafood, down-home country, and at least one excellent upscale eatery. Throw in simple Monday suppers with song at the casual little local artsy salon, a wine parlor, and a gas station serving up the best fried chicken in the world, and you’ve got enough sustenance to carry you through a weekend’s visit, maybe even longer. |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 07 June 2009 )
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THE DAY THE WAR STOPPED
— IN ST. FRANCISVILLE, LA
by Anne Butler
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Burial Ceremony of Lt. Comm.
Hart. photos by ptWalsh |
Up the steep hill they trudged, sweating in the sticky June heat, staggering under the weight of the coffin, the white flag of truce flying before them in the hot summer sun. The guns of their federal gunboat, the USS Albatross, anchored in the Mississippi off Bayou Sara, were silent behind them as a small party of officers struggled toward St. Francisville atop the hill.
The procession was not an impressive one, certainly not an unusual event in the midst of a bloody war, and it would no doubt have escaped all notice but for one fact--this was the day the war stopped, if only for a few mournful moments, and the lovely little rivertown of St. Francisville invites the public to join in commemorating the events 146 years ago on the weekend of June 12-14, 2009. |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 07 June 2009 )
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