St Landry Catholic Church Cemetery Tour 2015 - Adida Breaux Cormier
Ghost of Adida Breaux Cormier. Opelousas, Louisiana.
St Landry Parish
Video highlighting Over Louisiana's Aerial Videography
St Landry Catholic Church Cemetery Tour Orphan Train resident Part 1
Ghost of an orphan train resident.
St Landry Tigers vs The General 2019
Braylon n Brandon Superbowl Game in Louisiana
St. Landry Church Cemetery Tours happening this weekend
St. Landry Cemetery Tours. The cemetery tours will take place at the St. Landry Catholic Church Cemetery located on Union Street in Opelousas. The tours will be held two weekends in October starting this weekend on Saturday, October 14 and Sunday October 15. Tours will begin again the following weekend on Saturday, October 21 and Sunday, October 22.
State Fire Marshal: Third Baptist church destroyed in St. Landry Parish
State Fire Marshal: Third Baptist church destroyed in St. Landry Parish
Opelousas & Lafayette
video sums up my day in Opelousas & Lafayette, Louisiana
Opelousas Orphan Train Museum
Football Jamboree
Highlight video for St. Landry Parish School Board football jamboree. Opelousas, LA
Opelousas Genealogy Meeting Oct. 8, 2011 4/6
Opelousas Memories: A slideshow presentation and discussion of old photos of Old Opelousas, Louisiana, brought to you by Neal Bertrand.
Suspicious Fires Destroy Three Baptist Churches In Louisiana
According to a report by Reuters, on Saturday, federal and state officials in Louisiana are investigating a series of suspicious fires that destroyed three predominantly black churches in ten days in one mostly rural parish. All three fires occurred at Baptist churches in St. Landry Parish, about 100 miles northwest of New Orleans, however a spokeswoman for the Louisiana Fire Marshall's Office said that investigators have not concluded that they were connected incidents. State Fire Marshall Butch Browning said that investigators probing the St. Landry Parish fires were awaiting lab results but view the three blazes as “suspicious.
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Authorities investigate fires at black churches
(5 Apr 2019) Authorities in southern Louisiana are investigating a string of suspicious fires at three African American churches in recent days.
Louisiana State Fire Marshal Butch Browning was at the scene of the third fire, Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, on Friday.
Browning said the fires in St. Landry Parish are almost certainly related but how they are related is still under investigation.
The ATF and the FBI also are involved in the investigation. Browning said that more than 40 people from the marshal's office are working on the investigation, which he described as being in its secondary phase.
The first fire occurred March 26th at the St. Mary Baptist Church in Port Barre, and the second happened Tuesday when the Greater Union Baptist Church in Opelousas caught fire.
Then Thursday morning the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Opelousas caught fire.
Earnest Hines, a deacon at Mount Pleasant, was at the scene Friday as fire marshal deputies arrived.
The churches were vacant at the time of the fires, and no one was injured.
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Louisiana Creole people | Wikipedia audio article
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Louisiana Creole people
00:04:27 1 History
00:04:36 1.1 1st French period
00:07:05 1.1.1 Casket girls
00:09:21 1.2 Spanish period
00:10:50 1.3 2nd French period and Louisiana Purchase
00:15:33 2 Ethnic blend and race
00:24:22 3 Culture
00:24:31 3.1 Cuisine
00:28:38 3.2 Music
00:31:21 3.3 Language
00:35:32 3.4 New Orleans Mardi Gras
00:37:50 4 Creole places
00:37:59 4.1 Cane River Creoles
00:40:27 4.2 Pointe Coupee Creoles
00:42:40 4.3 Avoyelles Creoles
00:43:46 4.4 Evangeline Parish Creoles
00:48:07 4.5 St. Landry Creoles
00:49:40 5 Notable people
00:49:49 6 See also
00:50:27 7 Notes
00:50:35 8 Further reading
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Louisiana Creole people (French: Créoles de Louisiane, Spanish: Criollos de Luisiana), are persons descended from the inhabitants of colonial Louisiana during the period of both French and Spanish rule. The term creole was originally used by French settlers to distinguish persons born in Louisiana from those born in the mother country or elsewhere. As in many other colonial societies around the world, creole was a term used to mean those who were native-born, especially native-born Europeans such as the French and Spanish. It also came to be applied to African-descended slaves and Native Americans who were born in Louisiana. Louisiana Creoles share cultural ties such as the traditional use of the French and Louisiana Creole languages and predominant practice of Catholicism.Starting with the native-born children of the French, then later the Spanish in Louisiana, 'Creole' came to be used to describe these Louisiana-born people of full European descent. Creole has its roots in Latin America meaning native-born. Creole was used casually as an identity in the 1700's in Louisiana. Starting in the very early 1800's in Louisiana, Creole began to take on a more political meaning and solid identity, especially for those of Latinate culture versus the newly arriving Americans from the Upper South and the North. In the early 19th century, amid the Haitian Revolution, thousands of refugees (both whites and free people of color from Saint-Domingue (affranchis or gens de couleur libres) arrived in New Orleans, often bringing their African slaves with them and essentially doubling the city's population. As more refugees were allowed in Louisiana, Haitian émigrés who had first gone to Cuba also arrived. These groups had strong influences on the city and its culture. Half of the white émigrė population of Haiti settled in Louisiana, especially in the greater New Orleans area. Later immigrants to New Orleans, such as Irish, Germans, and Italians, also married into the Creole groups. However, there was a sizable German creole group of full German descent, centering on the parishes of St. Charles and St. John the Baptist. Over time this group absorbed many French Creoles, who are Louisiana-born whites of colonial heritage. French Creoles made up the majority of white Creoles in Louisiana. Louisiana Creoles are mostly Catholic in religion. Throughout the 19th century, most Creoles spoke French and were strongly connected to French colonial culture. The sizeable Spanish Creole communities of Saint Bernard Parish and Galveztown spoke Spanish. The Malagueños of New Iberia spoke Spanish as well. The Isleños and Malagueños were Louisiana-born whites of creole heritage. (Since the mid-twentieth century, the number of Spanish-speaking Creoles has declined in favor of English speakers, and few people under 80 years old speak Spanish.) They have maintained cultural traditions from the Canary Islands, where their ancestors came from, to the present. However, just like the Spanish Creoles, native languages of all creole groups such as the French Creoles, German Creoles and Creoles of color, have declined over the years in favor of English. The different varieties of Louisiana's Creoles shaped the state's culture, particularly in the southern areas around New Orleans and the plantation dis ...
Opelousas Mayor Reggie Tatum indicted on 15 counts
A St. Landry Parish grand jury has indicted Opelousas Mayor Reggie Tatum on 15 counts of malfeasance,injuring public records and theft.
Opelousas residents react to church fires arrest
The suspect in a string of fires that destroyed three churches in rural Louisiana is the son of a sheriff's deputy whose father helped arrange for his arrest, authorities said Thursday. (April 11)
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Evangeline Club is where my parents met
Mouman and Poupa talking about meeting at the Evangeline Club in Ville Platte.
Suspicious church fires in Louisiana
Over the last two weeks, three predominantly Black churches have been burned down.
City of Opelousas still without an approved budget
City of Opelousas still without an approved budget
Howard Austin DVD Tribute (Photo/Music)
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Obituary for Howard Austin
Mr. Howard AustinOctober 31, 1921 - Apirl 29, 2014OPELOUSAS- Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM, Monday, May 5, 2014 at Holy Ghost Catholic Church in Opelousas, LA for Mr. Howard Austin, 92, who entered eternal rest on Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at his residence in Opelousas. Interment will be in St. Landry Catholic Cemetery in Opelousas. Fr. Jaison Mangalath will officiate at the Mass of Christian Burial. During the last quarter century of his 92 years, Howard Austin gratefully acknowledged, “I’ve cheated death!” Born the first child of nine offspring from the union of Gilbert Austin & Elinor Meche, he witnessed the burials of two of his siblings (Fertis & Verdie Mae) before his 12th birthday. In adulthood, Howard outlived 2 more of his younger brothers (“LJ” & “Boy”) by several decades and thrived. Throughout his vigorous longevity, as a proud American of African descent, Howard remained a fully active citizen engaged in numerous civic, political & social groups. He never lost vigilance and always sought to preserve & exercise hard won civil and political rights for his vulnerable, economically disadvantaged sisters & brothers of all skin shades & colors in the community. Additionally, Howard carefully, happily & unapologetically nourished all aspects of his soul as a Holy Ghost parishioner, lover of Zydeco music, good food & the companionship of lovely and vibrant women. Despite achy joints in his advanced age, he never missed the opportunity to dance to his beloved harmonies & rhythms until death fatally interrupted his mortal steps. Howard took his first breath as newborn babe just outside of Opelousas town limits. After traveling the globe in a 21 year military career that thrust him into combat in the South Pacific as a 19 year-old WWII draftee and allowed him to reside in Europe, Asia and several different regions of United States, Master Sergeant Austin could think of no place finer to retire than his own Louisianan hometown. After participating in the desegregation of the US Army, as a 40 y.o. financially independent bachelor in the 1960’s, Howard immediately joined the NAACP. He gathered with other concerned, like-minded compatriots and strategically began to battle for Civil Rights to end the racial discrimination that unfairly stunted the human potential of Black Americans to prosper in society. The loss of his first campaign for public office spurred Howard to file a successful Federal Civil Lawsuit that sought to increase the chances of political office representation for candidates of color by allowing district specific voting rather than citywide elections. Capitalizing on this change, with the support of family, friends & a track record of fair-mindedness, Howard consecutively won 7 re-elections to the St. Landry Parish Police Jury. He faithfully & conscientiously served his community for 28 years. During this time period, two of his career highlights include the implementation of: a) the first Head Start programming for pre-schoolers & their families in Opelousas and b) opportunities for summer employment in public service for local youths through the Federal CETA Job Training Partnership Act. When this second career ended, Howard directed his efforts to continue to increase voter registration and campaign for his political candidates. Throughout his life, numerous folks are gratefully indebted to Howard for sharing his personal financial acumen & resources with them in their times of fiscal crisis. Howard is immediately survived by 5 younger siblings Curtis of New Orleans, James of Richmond, CA, Gilbert, Jr. of Opelousas, Clydia Giron of Opelousas, & Evelyn Frelow of Baltimore, MD & other cousins. Howard often insisted that all children of the community were his own; and alongside of these were dozens of his nephews & nieces and great grandchildren ranging in age from 66 years to several-weeks-old. His confident spirit, discerning mind & good humor lives on in all of those who were fortunate enough to know, respect & love him. Visiting hours will be observed from 7:00 AM until 10:30 AM Monday, May 5, 2014 at Williams Funeral Home in Opelousas. A rosary will be recited at 9:00 AM. Share words of comfort with the Austin family at williamsfuneralhomes.net Funeral arrangements entrusted to Williams Funeral Home of Opelousas, 817 E. South St. 337-942-2037