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Saving History, One Frame
Saving St. Francisville History, One Frame At A Time
By Anne Butler
“If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday,” said Nobel...
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Unique Culinary History
St. Francisville Noted For Its Unique Culinary History
by Anne Butler
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P.T. Barnum's Visit
Barnum’s traveling company performed from Nashville where they visited General Andrew Jackson at the Hermitage, on down through Vicksburg where ...
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The True Democrat
More than a century covering the news in a historic little Louisiana river town ...
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History Comes Alive
Slip back into the 19th century as one of a growing number of re-enactors
dedicated to preserving the past and making it come alive for today’s obser...
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 MARDI GRAS ESCAPEES PARADE TO ST. FRANCISVLLE
By Anne Butler
As the rest of south Louisiana celebrates Mardi Gras in a burst of fun and frivolity preceding the austerity of Lent, with everything from costumed royalty at masquerade balls to fabulous floats in colorful street parades and even rowdy riders galloping about in pursuit of terrified chickens for the gumbo pot, St. Francisville marches to its own different drum and does what it does best. This quiet little rivertown in English Louisiana, where the primarily Protestant pioneers made no fuss over carnival season, provides a respite from the madness, a peaceful haven for Fat Tuesday escapees and a romantic destination for Valentine lovers.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 04 February 2014 )
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 A GATHERING OF WRITERS AND READERS IN ST. FRANCISVILLE
When the West Feliciana Parish Police Jury in midsummer approved a bid of $2.7 million to construct a new library, old timers considered it a natural progression in an area that has traditionally been devoted to the literary arts. The town had one of the state’s earliest public libraries, and the surrounding plantations had extensive private libraries of their own. Today St. Francisville is home for several published authors and retired university literature professors.
Besides looking forward to the spacious new library, today’s booklovers anticipate with great relish a special event dubbed A Gathering of Writers and Readers, begun in 2007 and now under the auspices of Arts For All, the non-profit umbrella agency for all arts in West Feliciana. The celebration brings together published authors with readers who might not otherwise have the opportunity to hear writers read from and discuss their work. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 05 February 2014 )
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 AUDUBON PILGRIMAGE SURE SIGN OF SPRING IN ST. FRANCISVILLE
By Anne Butler
The forty-third annual Audubon Pilgrimage March 21, 22 and 23, 2014, celebrates a southern spring in St. Francisville, the glorious garden spot of Louisiana’s English Plantation Country. The ice storms of winter may have confused the plants, but savvy pilgrims know it’s spring when the West Feliciana Historical Society throws open the doors of significant historic structures to commemorate artist-naturalist John James Audubon’s stay as he painted a number of his famous bird studies and tutored the daughter of Oakley Plantation’s Pirrie family, beautiful young Eliza. And regardless of the winter weather, the azaleas always come through with spectacular bloom just in time for the pilgrimage.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 04 February 2014 )
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