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St. Joseph’s Day Parade 2026
The 54th annual parade, organized by the Italian American St. Joseph Society, featured floats, dance krewes, an enormous rolling St. Joseph’s Altar – and the amazing Sansepulcro Flag Throwers from Tuscany!
- photos by Cheryl Gerber & Ellis Anderson
Boxer Pete Herman: The French Quarter’s Own World Champ
In the early 1900s, a young New Orleans boxing prodigy blasts his way to a world championship and international fame, helping topple discrimination against Sicilian Americans.
- by Bethany Ewald Bultman
St. Joseph’s Day in the French Quarter
Every March 19th, the neighborhood once called “Little Palermo” celebrates the saint – that legend says ended a terrible famine – by creating elaborate altars, then sharing food, blessings and goodwill.
photos by Ellis Anderson
New Orleans Italian Boxing Champions: Forged Out of Tragedy
The horrific 1891 lynching of eleven Italian Americans later helped motivate generations of young men who punched their way past discrimination in the early 1900s.
- by Bethany Ewald Bultman
The 52nd Annual St. Joseph’s Day Parade
With a gigantic rolling St. Joseph’s Day altar, reigning beauties, local dancing clubs and groups of tuxedo-clad men exchanging paper carnations and garters for kisses, the Italian-American St. Joseph’s Day Society has delighted more than five decades of parade-goers.
- photos by Melanie Cole