Read a list of community groups and interests available in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. Includes arts, agricultural, civic groups and more.
Category - Customs and Traditions
Despite the important role of people of color, enslaved and free, very little was written about them, they were usually listed by first name only on early...
Showboat’s a-comin! The showboats began in 1831 and brought much excitement to all living along the Mississippi River. They were traveling theatres with stages...
A speech given by Norman Marmillion, at St. Louis, Mo., July 2004 At the annual Conference of the French Heritage Society Over the last 11 years I have had the...
The St. Charles Historical Foundation, Ethnic Heritage Committee, initiated this project in an effort to preserve one of our historic treasures in St. Charles...
Sponsored by the Hahnville chapters of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows and its women’s auxiliary, the Household of Ruth, the Mother’s Day Parade in...
This text is copyright © material by Marilyn Richoux, Joan Becnel and Suzanne Friloux, from St. Charles Parish, Louisiana: A Pictorial History, 2010.
Throughout this period the home was the center and focus of life. A young man wishing “to call” on a young lady would send a friend to ask permission of her...
While St. Charles Parish was growing and developing, individuals frequently described the area from an “outside” point of view. J. W. Door, a gentleman...
After almost 150 years of Catholic dominance, the emergence of Protestant churches on the German Coast began. New Catholic and Protestant churches continued to...