The powerful Mississippi River, just behind the Oak Alley Plantation in St. James Parish, Louisiana, is just one feature of the 25-acre antebellum property.
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 The nearly 300-year-old southern live oak trees, with branches intertwining to create a wide canopy, serve as natural sentries along the alley to the mansion. Their twisted, brown limbs contrast noticeably with the white, straight lines of the columned mansion at the alley's end. (Oak Alley Foundation) | | Oak Alley Plantation: A Stately Mansion Among Treasured Trees | | By Deena Bouknight | | The powerful Mississippi River, just behind the Oak Alley Plantation in St. James Parish, Louisiana, is just one feature of the 25-acre antebellum property. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 📜 History: The Hawthornes in love — a fairy tale come to life: Though beset by illness, family disapproval, and financial difficulties, Nathaniel and Sophia believed they had found Eden at last. 🎭 Theater Review: Music can’t simply wash away years of pain or magically restore broken family bonds, but it can certainly serve as a starting point. This is made heartbreakingly clear in the “The Porch on Windy Hill.” Billed as “a new play with old music,” the show is currently in the midst of an encore engagement at Urban Stages. 🌎 Discovery: Incredibly rare first English astronomy book, published 467 years ago, sells for thousands. | | | |   | |
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