Joan of Arc was born in 1412 in Domrémy, a small village in northeastern France near the border of the lands controlled by the English. From the age of 13, Joan claimed to have heard divine ...

"We tell her story, we celebrate French heritage, and we do it in a very New Orleans style," Kirk-Duvoisin says. Joan of Arc, or as the French call her, Jeanne d'Arc, is the patron saint of France ...

This year’s parade will line up at the French Market near the New Orleans Jazz Museum. The procession’s first stop will be the golden Joan of Arc statue on Decatur Street, where "Happy ...

In the aftermath of the New Year’s Day terrorist attack on Bourbon Street, the New Orleans carnival season remained stoic.

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Visitors to Wichita City Hall can now see the original 1970 gift from Orléans, France, to the City: a stone statue of Joan of Arc, a patron saint of France. Orléans ...

The Joan of Arc Parade, an annual event since 2008, honors the French heroine's birthday and marks the beginning of the Carnival season, leading up to Mardi Gras. She is considered the unofficial ...

More than 800 years after her birth, Joan of Arc — a patron saint of France — remains an object of not just historical, but ...

Hundreds filled the streets for the annual Joan of Arc parade through New Orleans’ historic French ... She said that the patron saint of France represents what the city needs: courage, endurance ...

The Krewe de Jeanne d’Arc has altered its time ... The route starts near the New Orleans Jazz Museum, parades down Decatur Street to the statue of Joan, heads to Chartres Street to pass in ...