They decided to put her to use at Orléans, a city under English siege. The Last Days of PeaceFollowing intensive campaigning in 1430, Joan of Arc spent some time here, in the Château de Sully ...

The parade that gets the Mardi Gras season started will be bigger, start later, and follow a reversed route this year.

The first parade of the Mardi Gras season will roll tonight, less than a week after a man drove his truck into crowds on ...

Women dressed as angels, hands clasped in prayer, passed through New Orleans to celebrate the first parade of Carnival season ...

Joan of Arc is also known as "the Maid of Orleans" for her role liberating the ... In 1429, she was sent to the siege of Orléans as part of a relief mission. She was celebrated for her role ...

New Orleans’ Mia X is hip-hop royalty, so it’s fitting that she’s throwing a royal regency ball to celebrate her 55th ...

The first parade of Carnival season in New Orleans is scheduled to take place in the French Quarter on Monday, just five days ...

Sarah Chippe, a newcomer to the Joan of Arc 12th night festivities, said coming to the parade was important after last week's tragedy. “I’m just excited to show love and support for the community,” ...

More than 800 years after her birth, Joan of Arc — a patron saint of France ... and an army, to the siege of Orléans, a ...

Joan of Arc was an unlikely military hero who — believing she’d been recruited by God — led an army to save the French city of Orléans from a British siege in 1429. Orleans is our sister ...