Members phkrause Posted January 8, 2025 Members Posted January 8, 2025 ⚜️ Mardi Gras perseveres Parade-goers walk during the annual Krewe de Jeanne d'Arc parade, kicking off Mardi Gras season in New Orleans last night. Photo: Gerald Herbert/AP Hundreds of people marched through the French Quarter last night with the Society of Joan of Arc — reclaiming some of the joy of the start of Mardi Gras in the face of an attack that still has the city reeling. "My hope is to recapture what was stolen from us," Joan of Arc volunteer Ramona Graham told Axios New Orleans. "That night, that's what was stolen: our joy and our music." "But we're here. We're together, and we're not allowing this to defeat the spirit of our culture." ? Our thought bubble, from Axios New Orleans' Chelsea Brasted: New Orleans has experienced more than its fair share of tragedy, but its optimism always bounces back. That verve is what brought people out last night, just after President Biden gathered with mourners. It was always going to be weird. But, as it turns out, New Orleans is pretty good at weird. Quote phkrause When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man rules, the people groan. Proverbs 29;2
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