Happenings

Farmer’s Market

Every Thursday from noon until 5 pm, you can pick up home grown produce from the farmers of West Feliciana Parish.  Stalls are located in the old 4-H Barn on Wilcox Street.

 

Music at The Mag

Friday, June 12 – Will Wesley; Friday, June 19 – Bring It; Friday, June 26 – Delta Drifters

 

The Day the War Stopped

This annual event will be held this weekend beginning Friday, June 12, with graveside histories at Grace Episcopal Church at 7 pm, followed at 8 pm with an open house and historical presentation at the Masonic Lodge.  Things get rolling on Saturday, June 13 with a parade at 10:30 am.  A special candlelight tour of Oakley Plantation at Audubon State Historic Site is set for 7:30 pm.  Rounding out activities will be a talk on Sarah Knox Taylor Davis at Locust Grove State Historic Site on Sunday, June 14 at 2 pm, followed by a gravestone rubbing class.  For more information, call 635-4791 or visit www.daythewarstopped.net.

 

The Civil War

Few events changed our country as much as the Civil War.  On June 13, Audubon State Historic Site presents The Civil War at Oakley from10 a.m. - 4 p.m. and 6-9 p.m.  This program illustrates life on the home front in Louisiana during the American Civil War from 1861-1865. There will be a living history camp where costumed staff will give various presentations.  In the evening there will be a period dance held on the grounds, and candlelight tours will be given. For more information call 888-677-2838 toll free or 635-3739 locally.

 

 Heirloom Plants and Flowers

The Summer Horticultural Seminar Series at Rosedown Plantation State Historic Site is scheduled for Saturday, June 13, from 10 am until noon.  Manager and Horticulturist Patricia Aleshire will conduct this popular summer garden program on “Heirloom Plants and Flowers.”  During a slide and lecture session, Aleshire will discuss the historical background of numerous antique plantings available for modern gardens.  She will also discuss various cultivation tips, techniques and care needed for these heirloom plantings to thrive in a southern garden.  Following the slide lecture, Aleshire will lead a walking tour of selected areas of Rosedown’s historic gardens.  For more information, call 635-3110.

 

Spinning Wheels and Weaving Looms

Textiles on the Plantation is the name of the program scheduled for Saturday, June 20, from 10 am until 4 pm at Audubon State Historic Site.  There will be a demonstration and talk about the use of the plantation’s original weaving loom as well as a discussion on how thread for the loom was created using the spinning wheel.  For more information, call 635-3739.

 

Basket Weaving

The June program of Lost Arts of the 19^th Century will feature the lost art of basket weaving.  This fascinating program is set to for Saturday, June 20, from 11 am until 3 pm at Rosedown Plantation State Historic Site.  For more information, call 635-3110.

 

Audubon Summer Festival

Audubon State Historic Site celebrates its 55^th Anniversary on Saturday, June 27 from 10 am until 4 pm.  Visitors will be able to step into the Civil War and visit a soldier’s camp, and there will also be hands-on period demonstrations such as blacksmithing, open hearth cooking and more.  For more information, call 635-3739.  Congratulations to the awesome staff at Audubon SHS!