NEWS FLASH before today's blog entry:
You can go to Louisiana! In Challes les Eaux this Saturday March 21st. Take a look here: http://nonc.jack.pagesperso-orange.fr/cajun.htm
Click Bulletin de réservation to read more information about it.
I've been there several times. It's so much fun!
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Three Flags Day commemorates March 9 and 10, 1804, when Spain officially gave the Louisiana (New Spain) colonial territory to France, who then officially turned over the same lands to the United States, in order to finalize the 1803 Louisiana Purchase.
The ceremony took place in St. Louis.
The Spanish flag was lowered on March 9, and the French flag was hoisted to fly over the city of St. Louis for 24 hours. The French flag was initially to be lowered at sunset, but it remained present all night. The next morning, March 10, 1804, the American flag was raised. This event is sometimes referred to as the "Three Flag Ceremony" of the "Ceremony of Three Flags." 211 years ago, almost to the day.
Let's leave history for a while and go to New Orleans tomorrow.
Jane
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--"to the day" Do you know this expression? You can guess from the context. Let's go to Oxford dictionary this time: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/to-the-day
--to lower =the flag comes down
--to hoist = the flag goes up
--sunset = when the sun goes down
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