The first parade of the Mardi Gras season took place as scheduled in the French Quarter despite security fears following the ...

Hundreds gathered in New Orleans' famed French Quarter to celebrate the first parade of Carnival season, just blocks from ...

Burned as a heretic in 1431 ... delivered into the hands of the justice of the Church.” The Maid was Joan of Arc, whose role in liberating the city of Orléans in 1429 had put courage back ...

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

Hundreds filled the streets Monday evening for the annual Joan of Arc parade through New Orleans’ historic French Quarter.

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

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

The original stone statue of Joan of Arc is on display in City Hall, while a bronze version will remain outside the former ...

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,” ...

As I meandered through the lively open-air market in Rouen, the air was filled with the scent of freshly baked bread, ...

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

Joan of Arc was an unlikely military hero who — believing ... who accused her of being a heretic — for wearing men’s clothes — and burned her at the stake. Her martyrdom earned her sainthood.