New Orleans holds 1st parade of Carnival season 5 days after deadly attack on Bourbon Street

Pair of friends reflects on a trip to New Orleans - Salisbury Post

SPENCER — Two women who have become the best of friends through interesting circumstances are given to travel around the state, but when they decided to take a cross-country trip of more than 7,300 miles, they had no idea that a sad history would come behind them. Virginia Dare Bean, 89, and Elaine Howle, 78, met in 2021 when they both ended up participating in Dining Darlings a group of local women who gather for a meal and socializing. Two yea…

New Orleans institutes changes in French Quarter

As carnival season kicks off in New Orleans, changes to increase safety have been put in place in the wake of the New Year's Day terrorist attack on Bourbon Street.

Days after attack, Carnival season kicks off with Twelfth Night parades

Days after a man killed 14 and injured dozens more in a terrorist attack on Bourbon Street, hundreds gathered blocks away in the French Quarter Monday evening (Jan. 6) to kick off Carnival season with the Société Des Champs Elysée and Krewe of Joan of Arc Twelfth Night parades. With the events of New Year’s Day still fresh in people’s minds, French Quarter service industry workers expressed concern for the city, even as residents celebrated the …

New Orleans roars back with Carnival celebrations after truck attack; ‘We are celebrating life’

Women dressed as angels, hands clasped in prayer, passed through New Orleans to celebrate the first parade of Carnival season, just blocks from where 14 people were killed five days earlier by a rampaging driver. Hundreds filled the streets Monday evening for the annual Joan of Arc parade through New Orleans’ historic French Quarter. Organizers said they wanted the event to convey the city’s spirited grit as it grapples with the violent New Year…

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New Orleans holds first carnival season parade days after deadly Bourbon Street attack

On Monday, New Orleans kicked off its Carnival season with the Joan of Arc parade, just days after a deadly attack on New Year's Eve left 14 people dead.