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

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 ...

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

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,” ...

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

Today on Louisiana Considered, we’ll hear how the Krewe of Joan of Arc is preparing to ring in the Mardi Gras season in the ...

More than 800 years after her birth, Joan of Arc — a patron saint of France ... and an army, to the siege of Orléans, a French city in the Loire valley which was at the time was under ...