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Dale Brown Court: ... and the Battle for Human DignityIf you've ever wondered why โ€œDale Brown Courtโ€ was painted on the floor of the Pete Maravich Assembly Center at LSU, here's the short an...
The short, happy tale of the Mardi Gras King Cake๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜, ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ Everyone and his brother seems to be buying King Cakes these days. Grocery stores an...
Anne Rice, Cities of the Dead, New Orleans
Anne Rice drew inspiration from New Orleans cemeteries...Anne Rice drew inspiration from New Orleans cemeteries... It's true what they say about the best writers of American literature com...

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Louisiana bayou snake sculpture
The Legend Of Bayou TecheThe Legend Of Bayou Teche Many, many years ago there was a huge and venomous snake. It was so large and so long that its size was n...
Louisiana bayou snake sculpture
Bayou Teche snake sculpture inspired by Chitimacha legendBayou Teche snake sculpture inspired by Chitimacha legend The unique granite sculpture in Breaux Bridge mirrors the course o...
Geraldine Beaullieu Angers (1921-2019), mothers, louisiana
A Prayer for Mom๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™–๐™ง ๐™‡๐™ค๐™ง๐™™, ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™š ๐™—๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™™๐™ฎ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ๐™จ. ๐™‡๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™›๐™š๐™š๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง๐™ข๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™™๐™ช๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ...
Yankee Gen. & Mrs. Banks
The Yankee couple who saved the girls' school in Grand C... The Academy of the Sacred Heart in Grand Coteau, La., was saved from the ravages of the Civil War in part because of the influence of Ya...
Pistol Pete Matavich, LSU basketball
โ€˜Pistol Peteโ€™sโ€™ profound message to LSU ball playersโ€˜Pistol Peteโ€™sโ€™ profound message to LSU ball players "Pistol Pete" Maravich was invited to give a motivational talk to Coach Dale B...
Pope John Paul II's big mistake about women in the priest hood
Pope John Paul II's big mistake about women in the pries... ย  ย  The late Pope John Paul II may have been a great man in many respects, even a saint, but like every finite human being, he made his ...
Quest of the Derrickman's Daughter: From the oilfields of America to the sands of Saudi Arabia by WM Jolet
What is that child doing at a drilling site?!What is that child doing at a drilling site?! Well, it was 72 years ago, and the safety laws were different back then, in 1948.The p...
General Honore and President Putin - We're living in 'The New Normal,' so Putin won't get away with lying to the Russian people
We're living in 'The New Normal,' so Putin won't get awa... We're living in 'The New Normal,' so Putin won't get away with lying to the Russian people Russian President Putin seems to think t...
Hugh Thompson, The Forgotten Hero of My Lai
American heroes of the My Lai MassacreAmerican heroes of the My Lai Massacre Most Americans over the age of 60 are somewhat familiar with the terrible things that happene...
Pat Huval, The man who started the Cajun restaurant craze...
The man who started the Cajun restaurant craze...Pat Huval, the founder of Pat's Restaurant in Henderson, La., is synonymous with excellent seafood, especially crawfish and shrimp. (Tod...
Cajun Chef Paul Prudhomme made a mean crawfish etouffee... and so did his sister!
Cajun Chef Paul Prudhomme made a mean crawfish etouffee.... Cajun Chef Paul Prudhomme made a mean crawfish etouffee... and so did his sister! Crawfish ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ is one of the signature dishes of C...
The Unknown Soldier's Journey Home
The Unknown Soldier's Journey HomeThe Unknown Soldier's Journey Home is among the intriguing episodes of American history in which U.S. and French citizens worked togethe...