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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

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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JULY HOT AS A FIRECRACKER IN ST. FRANCISVILLE, LA

by Anne Butler

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An eloquent document formally severing the colonies’ ties with Great Britain, the Declaration of Independence was officially adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. Thomas Jefferson, the architect of much of the document, declared, “May it be to the world…the signal of arousing men to burst the chains…and to assume the blessings and security of self-government…the free right to the unbounded exercise of reason and freedom of opinion...All eyes are opened, or opening, to the rights of man.” 
Last Updated ( Monday, 21 June 2010 )
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THE DAY THE WAR STOPPED —
IN ST. FRANCISVILLE, LA

by Anne Butler

Gravesite Commander HartUp the steep hill they trudged, sweating in the sticky June heat, staggering under the weight of the simple wooden 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.

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 15 June 2010 )
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GREENWOOD PLANTATION
ST. FRANCISVILLE, LA,

by Anne Butler
 

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It was a dark and stormy night. Really, it was. When lightning struck the uppermost corner of glorious Greek Revival Greenwood Plantation near St. Francisville on the night of August 1, 1960, the first awareness of the impending tragedy came from a glimpse of the glow of flames in the reflecting pond. And by the time help arrived, the fire had lit up the night so brilliantly, according to one eyewitness, that it was possible to read a book in the glare.
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 15 June 2010 )
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Photographers' Paradise

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Why do shutter bugs flock to West Feliciana Parish & St. Francisville
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Picnicing in the Parks

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For an old-fashioned picnic, West Feliciana Parish of Louisiana has many ideal locations.
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