New Orleans Embraces Its French Roots
Francophone festival highlights the city's many ties to the nation that originally colonized Louisiana
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Francophone festival highlights the city's many ties to the nation that originally colonized Louisiana
"While [much of] the rest of the U.S. has its Anglo-Saxon heritage, New Orleans' mother country is France – and that makes a big difference," explained Alexandra Stafford, president of the Council of French Societies, an umbrella organization that promotes the many French nonprofit organizations in Louisiana's most populous city. "Our French connection brings a…