Walking with Angels in New Orleans

Nancy Peckenham
4 min readJan 16, 2019

New Orleans is a fascinating city, full of traditions and rituals that date back 300 years. Most people think of the city as the scene of spectacles and parades that mark Fat Tuesday, commonly known as Mardi Gras. They picture a day or two of intense partying that ends the next day when the Lenten period of abstinence kicks in.

--

--

Nancy Peckenham

Journalist, editor, mother, wife, sister, daughter, friend, adventurer, history-lover. Editor of Crow’s Feet