3rd Annual The Night the War Stopped
June 8th, 5:30 PM- 8:30 PM
Visitors to the site will see a recreation of the sights and sounds of St. Francisville in 1863 during the American Civil War. On that summer evening throughout Oakley House there will be recreated scenes during the war and also a period dance where you can learn a reel or two.
The Dead of Locust Grove
June 9th, 1 PM – 4 PM
Learn about the inhabitants of this historic cemetery through figures like Sarah Knox Taylor, the daughter of President Zachary Taylor and short lived wife of Jefferson Davis, and Eleazar Ripley…Major General and Hero of the War of 1812. For more information please contact Audubon State Historic Site in St. Francisville, La. at 1-225-635-3739.
